Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amphitropous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amphitropal \Am*phit"ro*pal\ (-pal), Amphitropous
\Am*phit"ro*pous\ (-p[u^]s), a. [Gr. 'amfi` + tre`pein to turn.]
(Bot.)
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the
middle of one side; half anatropous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amphitropous
adj : (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees
on its stalk [ant: {anatropous}]
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