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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective rotatory; circuitous
  • adjective botany Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek περί ("around") + τρόπος ("turn") + -al.

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