Usually means: Ovule curved around its funiculus.
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  1. amphitropous: Merriam-Webster
  2. amphitropous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. amphitropous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. amphitropous: Vocabulary.com
  5. amphitropous: Wordnik
  6. amphitropous: Wiktionary
  7. amphitropous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. amphitropous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. amphitropous: Dictionary.com
  10. Amphitropous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. amphitropous: Rhymezone
  12. Amphitropous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. amphitropous: FreeDictionary.org
  14. amphitropous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. amphitropous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. amphitropous: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (amphitropous)

▸ adjective:  (botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.

Similar:
campylotropous, amphicarpous, induplicate, amphithallic, connivant, amphistomous, amphicelous, obdeltate, amphicarpic, auriculate, more...

Opposite:
orthotropous, atropous, campylotropous

Phrases:
amphitropous ovule, more...

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Similar:
campylotropous, amphicarpous, induplicate, amphithallic, connivant, amphistomous, amphicelous, obdeltate, amphicarpic, auriculate, more...

Opposite:
orthotropous, atropous, campylotropous

Phrases:
amphitropous ovule, more...



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