orthotropous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôr tho′trə pəs)


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or•thot•ro•pous  (ôr tho′trə pəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Botany(of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.
  • Neo-Latin orthotropus. See ortho-, -tropous
  • 1820–30

'orthotropous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ortho- - chalaza - micropyle

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