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- to have on the run
- to have on toast
- to have one foot in etc grave
- to have one foot in his grave
- to have one foot in the grave
- to have one foot in —— and one in
- to have one in fee
- to have one on the lift
- to have one on toast
- to have one under coram
- to have one'an eye on the prize
- to have one'an eye to the prize
- to have one'its moments
- to have one's ass in a sling
- to have one's bed
- to have one's blood up
- to have one's boon
- to have one's bread buttered for life
- to have one's bread buttered on both sides
- to have one's cake and eat it
- to have one's cap set
- to have one's charter
- to have one's choice
- to have, bear, carry, strike a stroke
- to have, bear, carry, strike the stroke