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anatropous en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English apotropous English anatropous From an- + apotropous.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base.

Antonyms

orthotropous

Coordinates

apotropous

Deriveds

anatropously · hemianatropous

Translations (1)

pt anátropo (of an ovule: having an inverted nucleus)