Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Growing straight, so that the micropyle is at the end opposite the stalk. Used of an ovule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, growing vertically or straight: applied specifically to an ovule in which the chalaza is at the evident base, and the orifice at the opposite extremity, the whole ovule being straight and symmetrical.
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- adjective botany, of an ovule Growing
straight and having themicropyle at theapex
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex
Etymologies
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ortho- + tropous
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The ancestral state in other characters is equivocal: e.g., bisexual vs. unisexual flowers, whorled vs. spiral floral phyllotaxis, presence vs. absence of tepal differentiation, anatropous vs. orthotropous ovules.
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