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anatropous
| anatropous ovule
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anatropous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective anatropous has 1 sense
- anatropous(a = adj.all) inverted - (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk; Array Antonym: amphitropous
CIDE DICTIONARY
anatropous, a. [Gr. up + to turn.].
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous . Gray. [1913 Webster]
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