apotropousadj.
/əˈpɒtrəpəs/ Botany.
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1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 397 Apotropous, Applied to an erect or ascending ovule with its rhaphe next to the placental axis, and a hanging one has its rhaphe averse from it.
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adj.1880- sorefooted
- sorehead
- soreheaded
- soreheadedly
- soreheadedness
- soreheads
- sorehearted
- soreheartedness
- soreholding
- sorelian
- sorelier
- soreliest
- sorely
- sorely-battered
- sorely-needed
- sorely-sweated
- sorely-tempted
- sorely-worn
- sorelybattered
- sorelyneeded
- sorelysweated
- sorelytempted
- sorelyworn
- soremeant
- soreness