Usually means: Ovule inverted during plant development.
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  7. anatropous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ adjective:  (botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base

Similar:
inverted, amphitropal, anatropal, orthotropous, anatropic, atropous, acephalous, atropal, hemitropous, anomocarpous, more...

Opposite:
epitropous, campylotropous, hemitropous

Phrases:
anatropous ovule, more...

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Similar:
inverted, amphitropal, anatropal, orthotropous, anatropic, atropous, acephalous, atropal, hemitropous, anomocarpous, more...

Opposite:
epitropous, campylotropous, hemitropous

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anatropous ovule, more...



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