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orthotropous
[ awr-tho-truh-puhs ]
adjective
- Botany. (of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.
orthotropous
/ ɔːˈθɒtrəpəs /
adjective
- (of a plant ovule) growing straight during development so that the micropyle is at the apex Compare anatropous
Word History and Origins
Origin of orthotropous1
Example Sentences
Ovules very numerous, scattered over the walls, orthotropous.
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; Ð opposed to orthotropous.
The female flower is enveloped in a closely fitting sac-like investment, which must be regarded as a perianth; within this is an orthotropous ovule surrounded by a single integument prolonged upwards as a beak-like micropyle.
Section of seed of Rock Rose, Helianthemum Canadense; orthotropous, with curved embryo in the albumen. 430a.
Fruit a 3-celled berry, with 1–2 pendulous orthotropous seeds in each cell.
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