anatropous
(of an ovule) inverted at an early stage of growth, so that the micropyle is turned toward the funicle and the embryonic root is at the opposite end.
Origin of anatropous
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How to use anatropous in a sentence
Seeds anatropous, mucilaginous, flattened, containing a large embryo with plano-convex cotyledons.
Seed anatropous, erect, filled by the large embryo with its hemispherical fleshy cotyledons.
Ovary 2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule pendulous in each cell; style prolonged and curved; stigma various.
Fruit indehiscent, 1–4-celled, with a single anatropous seed suspended from the summit of each cell.
Fruit a berry-like drupe, with 6–9 seed-like nutlets, each containing an erect anatropous seed.
British Dictionary definitions for anatropous
/ (əˈnætrəpəs) /
(of a plant ovule) inverted during development by a bending of the stalk (funicle) attaching it to the carpel wall: Compare orthotropous
Origin of anatropous
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