atropousadj.
/ˈatrəpəs/ Botany.
Of ovules: Not inverted, erect (see quot.).
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anatropal1835
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1839 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 219.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §237 Where the nucleus is straight and the micropyle is at the end opposite the attachment of the funiculus, and the chalaza next the placenta, such an ovule is called atropous.
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