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orthotropous |
2 definitions 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: orthotropous adj : (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex [ant: {campylotropous}]
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