homotropaladj.
/həʊˈmɒtrəpəl/ Botany.
= homotropous adj.
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rostellate1800
orthotropous1819
peritropal1819
radicular1819
rostelliform1819
homotropous1829
heterotropous1830
heterotropal1832
axile1839
amphitropous1841
homotropal1844
rostellara1845
amphitropal1847
peritropous1849
polyembryonate1864
polyembryonic1864
proembryonic1875
1844 R. D. Hoblyn Dict. Terms Med. & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) 148.
1855 J. H. Balfour & J. Williams Man. Bot. (ed. 3) 302 In an anatropal seed, where the micropyle is close to the hilum, and the chalaza at the opposite extremity, the embryo is erect or homotropal.
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