enantioblasticadj.
/ɛnˌantɪəʊˈblastɪk/ Botany.
Having the radicle turned away from the micropyle.
ΚΠ
1878 M. T. Masters Henfrey's Bot. (ed. 3) i. ii. 157 The radicle generally points to the hilum (homoblastic), rarely away from it (enantioblastic).
1882 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 4) i. iv. 339 We have already observed, that the radicle is turned towards the micropyle... Some apparent exceptions to these relative positions occur..when the radicle is described as enantioblastic.
Derivatives
eˌnantioˈblastous adj.
ΚΠ
1858 A. Gray Introd. Struct. & Systematic Bot. Gloss. 531/2 Enantioblastous, with the embryo at the end of the (orthotropous) seed diametrically opposite the hilum, as in Tradescantia.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
<
adj.1858