Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rotatory; circuitous.
- Same as
peritropous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Rotatory; circuitous.
- adjective Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
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- adjective
rotatory ;circuitous - adjective botany Having the
axis of theseed perpendicular to the axis of thepericarp to which it is attached.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek περί ("around") + τρόπος ("turn") + -al.
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