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Meanings of amphitropous in English

(Of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk.

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Examples for "anatropous"
Examples for "anatropous"
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I well remember being formerly troubled by an analogous difficulty, namely, the position of the ovules, their anatropous condition, etc.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2