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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

ἄκροσ

summit + L.

petere

to seek.]

(Bot.)

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; – said of certain inflorescence.

acropetal ‎(not comparable)

(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence

that develops from the base towards the apex in sequence

acropetal m, f ‎(plural acropetais, comparable)