amphitropal

English edit

Etymology edit

Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + τροπή (tropḗ, “turn”) + -al.

Adjective edit

amphitropal (comparative more amphitropal, superlative most amphitropal)

(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.

Synonyms edit

amphitropous

Translations edit

having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side

Portuguese: anfítropo

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “amphitropal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)