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Webster 1913 Edition


Antitropous

{

An-tit′ro-pal

,

An-tit′ro-pous

, }
Adj.
[Pref.
anti-
+ Gr. [GREEK] turn, [GREEK] to turn.]
(Bot.)
At the extremity most remote from the hilum, as the embryo, or inverted with respect to the seed, as the radicle.
Lindley.

Definition 2024


antitropous

antitropous

English

Adjective

antitropous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.

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