anatropaladj.
Bot.
= anatropous adj.
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1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 397 Such ovules as these Mirbel terms anatropal..examples may be found in the almond, the apple.
1854 Balfour in Encycl. Brit. II. 141 In orthotropal seeds the embryo is said to be inverted..while in anatropal seeds it is erect.
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