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

Seeds very numerous, anatropous, with a thick wing-like seed-coat and little if any 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

Ovary 2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule pendulous in each cell; style prolonged and curved; stigma various.

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 1–2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule suspended from the summit of each cell; styles 2, short, diverging, stigmatic along the inner edge.

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 from the summit of the cell, anatropous, with a minute embryo in hard albumen.—Stems usually hollow.

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