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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk;
[syn: anatropous, inverted]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anatropal \A*nat"ro*pal\, Anatropous \A*nat"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. ? up + ? to turn.] (Bot.) Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anatropous adj 1: (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk [syn: anatropous, inverted] [ant: amphitropous]