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

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anatropous

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

Ovary more or less 2–7-celled, with 1 or 2 pendulous anatropous ovules in each cell; but all the cells and ovules except one disappearing in the fruit.

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 small, anatropous, with a straight embryo in fleshy albumen.

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

Pod with evanescent partitions, and a thick axis bearing several anatropous seeds, 5-valved, the valves coiling elastically and projecting the seeds in bursting.

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 anatropous, suspended, with no albumen, filled by the large almond-like embryo.

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