heterotropal

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heterotropal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heterotropal \Het`er*ot"ro*pal\, Heterotropous
  \Het`er*ot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way;
     ? other + ? to turn: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rotrope.] (Bot.)
     Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the
     funiculus; amphitropous. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]