Definition of Orthatropal
{ Or*thot"ro*pal (?), 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.
&fist; This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe
any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the
hilum.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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