campylotropous

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English

Etymology

Ancient Greek curved + a turning.

Adjective

campylotropous (comparative more campylotropous, superlative most campylotropous)

  1. (botany) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together; curved in such a way.
    campylotropous ovule
    campylotropous seed

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “campylotropous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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