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orthotropal

orthotropal


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orthotropal  \Or*thot"ro*pal\,  Orthotropous  \Or*thot"ro*pous\,  a. 
  [Ortho-  +  Gr  ?  to  turn:  cf  F.  orthotrope.]  (Bot.) 
  Having  the  axis  of  an  ovule  or  seed  straight  from  the  hilum 
  and  chalaza  to  the  orifice  or  the  micropyle;  atropous. 
 
  Note:  This  word  has  also  been  used  (but  improperly)  to 
  describe  any  embryo  whose  radicle  points  towards,  or  is 
  next  to  the  hilum.