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anatropous
[ uh-na-truh-puhs ]
adjective
, Botany.
- (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.
anatropous
/ əˈnætrəpəs /
adjective
- (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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Word History and Origins
Origin of anatropous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anatropous1
C19: from ana- (inverted) + -tropous
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Example Sentences
Seeds anatropous, mucilaginous, flattened, containing a large embryo with plano-convex cotyledons.
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Seed anatropous, erect, filled by the large embryo with its hemispherical fleshy cotyledons.
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Ovary 2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule pendulous in each cell; style prolonged and curved; stigma various.
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Fruit indehiscent, 1–4-celled, with a single anatropous seed suspended from the summit of each cell.
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Fruit a berry-like drupe, with 6–9 seed-like nutlets, each containing an erect anatropous seed.
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