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AMPHITROPOUS
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–adjective
Botany
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(of an ovule) inverted so that the funicle is in the middle of one side.
Origin:
1835–45;
amphi-
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-tropous
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am·phit·ro·pous
(ām-fĭt'rə-pəs)
adj. Partly inverted and attached near the center to the funiculus:
an amphitropous ovule.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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