Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anatropal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anatropal \A*nat"ro*pal\, Anatropous \A*nat"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. ?
up + ? to turn.] (Bot.)
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its
development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; --
opposed to {orthotropous}. --Gray.
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