Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an ovule partially inverted and curved such that the micropyle nearly meets the funiculus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
campylotropal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having the
ovules andseeds socurved , or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of theembryo are brought close together.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek kampulos, curved + –tropous.]
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Ancient Greek curved + a turning.
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