anatropous

American  

[uh-na-truh-puhs] / əˈnæ trə pəs /

adjective

Botany.

1. (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.

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anatropous British  

/ əˈnætrəpəs /

adjective

1. (of a plant ovule) inverted during development by a bending of the stalk (funicle) attaching it to the carpel wall Compare orthotropous

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Etymology

Origin of anatropous

First recorded in 1840–50; ana- + -tropous

Example Sentences

Fruit indehiscent, 1–4-celled, with a single anatropous seed suspended from the summit of each cell.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Seeds numerous, anatropous, with a short and minute embryo at the base of the albumen.—Leaves circinate in the bud, i.e., rolled up from the apex to the base as in Ferns.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Seed suspended, anatropous, with a large embryo and no albumen.—Flowers in panicled or clustered cymes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Seeds anatropous, with a small straight embryo, in copious albumen.—Nearly passing into the following order.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, crustaceous, anatropous, ascending.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa