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Webster 1913 Edition


Anatropous

{

A-nat′ro-pal

,

A-nat′ro-pous

, }
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] up + [GREEK] to turn.]
(Bot.)
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; – opposed to
orthotropous
.
Gray.