Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anatropous"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anatropous
adj : (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180
degrees on its stalk [syn: {inverted}] [ant: {amphitropous}]
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