Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orthotropous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orthotropal \Or*thot"ro*pal\, Orthotropous \Or*thot"ro*pous\, a.
[Ortho- + Gr. ? to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.] (Bot.)
Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum
and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to
describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is
next to, the hilum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orthotropous
adj : (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at
the apex [ant: {campylotropous}]
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