Definitions for anatropous

anatropous a·nat·ro·pous

Spelling: [uh-na-truh-puh s]
IPA: /əˈnæ trə pəs/

Anatropous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 600 anagrams from letters in anatropous (aanooprstu).

Definitions for anatropous

adjective

  1. (of an ovule) inverted at an early stage of growth, so that the micropyle is turned toward the funicle and the embryonic root is at the opposite end.

Origin of anatropous

First recorded in 1840-50; ana- + -tropous

Examples for anatropous

Ovary 1-celled, with an anatropous ovule; stigma sessile, entire.

Rhaphe, the line or ridge which runs from the hilum to the chalaza in anatropous and amphitropous seeds.

Raphe, the adherent funiculus connecting the hilum and chalaza in anatropous or amphitropous ovules or seeds.

Fertile flowers consisting of a single ovary tapering into a short style; stigmas 2–4, awl-shaped; ovule erect, anatropous.

The seeds that are truncate at one end are anatropous, some of them resembling those of red clover are half anatropous.

anatropous ovule of a Violet, the parts lettered as in the last.

The ridge or adnate funicle which in an anatropous ovule connects the two ends.

Seed of a Larkspur (also anatropous); the parts lettered as in the last.

Rhaphe, the continuation of the seed-stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, 112, 126.

Seed of a Violet (anatropous): a, hilum; b, rhaphe; c, chalaza.

Word Value for anatropous
Scrable

0

Words with friends

15

Similar words for anatropous
Word of the day