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单词 orthotropal
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orthotropaladj.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French orthotrope , -al suffix1.
Etymology: Probably < French orthotrope (see orthotropous adj.) + -al suffix1. Compare earlier orthotropous adj. Compare also heterotropal adj., and earlier peritropal adj. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫɹþǫ·trŏpăl) /ɔːˈθɒtrəpəl/.
Botany. Obsolete.
= orthotropous adj. 1.
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orthotropal1832
meroblastic1864
periblastic1876
holoblastic1879
orthotropous1880
telolecithal1880
progamous1885
teleplasmic1886
triovulate1891
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 415 Orthotropal [embryo of the seed],..straight, and having the same direction as the body to which it belongs.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §584 The hilum and chalaza may correspond, the micropyle being at the opposite extremity, and then the seed is orthotropal.
1882 Standard 9 Oct. 5/3 Orthotropal ovules, and loculicidal dehiscence were the commonplaces of his conversation.
1897 Science 14 May 775/2 All the Pacific Dicyemidae observed have orthotropal calottes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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