| ADJECTIVE | all | inverted, upside-down | being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed |
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| all | inverted, anatropous | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted |
| Sounds | ihnver'tihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | In such a position that top and bottom are reversed. | |
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| Example | "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma" | |
| Synonym | upside-down | |
| Broader | turned | Moved around an axis or center |
| Spanish | invertido | |
| Catalan | invertit | |
| Meaning | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk. | |
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| Synonym | anatropous | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Opposite | amphitropous | (of a plant ovule) partly inverted |
| Spanish | handplant, invertido | |
| Catalan | invertit | |
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