HyperDic: amphitropous

English > 1 sense of the word *amphitropous*:
ADJECTIVE	all	amphitropous	(of a plant ovule) partly inverted

English > *amphitropous*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	(of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk.
Category	plant, flora, plant life	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Opposite	anatropous, inverted	(of a plant ovule) completely inverted
Spanish	amfitropo