atropous

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ tropo- +‎ -ous.

Adjective

atropous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.

   atropous ovule

   atropous seed

Coordinate terms

• anatropous

References

• “atropous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.