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Meanings of anatropous in English

Catalan
invertit

(Of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk.

invertit
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Examples for "inverted"
Examples for "inverted"
1
The deals often result in lower tax rates for the inverted company.
Reuters
2
Other parts of the curve have already inverted, beginning late last year.
News.com.au
3
We hear, utterly anew, phrases hardly unknown today, just radically racially inverted.
The Guardian
4
The hive was inverted; in a few hours the glass was dry.
Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
5
The others, however, showed either a normal or an incompletely inverted pattern.
Pubmed
Usage of anatropous in English
1
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
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Translations for anatropous
Catalan
invertit
Anatropous through the time