Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of a plant ovule) partly inverted;
turned back 90 degrees on its stalk;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amphitropal \Am*phit"ro*pal\ (-pal), Amphitropous
\Am*phit"ro*pous\ (-p[u^]s), a. [Gr. 'amfi` + tre`pein to turn.]
(Bot.)
Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the
middle of one side; half anatropous.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amphitropous
adj 1: (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90
degrees on its stalk [ant: anatropous, inverted]