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 2 or more in each cell, pendulous from the axis, anatropous, their outer coat loose and separating.

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 carpel, anatropous; albumen fleshy; embryo minute.—Leaves alternate, not toothed, marked with minute transparent dots, feather-veined.

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 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

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