amphitropousadj.
Bot.
= amphitropal adj.
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rostellate1800
orthotropous1819
peritropal1819
radicular1819
rostelliform1819
homotropous1829
heterotropous1830
heterotropal1832
axile1839
amphitropous1841
homotropal1844
rostellara1845
amphitropal1847
peritropous1849
polyembryonate1864
polyembryonic1864
proembryonic1875
1841 J. Lindley Elem. Bot. 55 When [the ovule is] attached by its middle, so that the foramen is at one end and the base at the other, it is amphitropous.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 47 Frankeniaceæ..ovules..amphitropous with the micropyle below.
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