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anatropous

/uh-na-truh-puhs/US // əˈnæ trə pəs //UK // (əˈnætrəpəs) //

反射性的,反射性,反向的,反射型

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : 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.

Examples

  • Seeds anatropous, mucilaginous, flattened, containing a large embryo with plano-convex cotyledons.

  • Seed anatropous, erect, filled by the large embryo with its hemispherical fleshy cotyledons.

  • Ovary 2-celled, with a single anatropous ovule pendulous in each cell; style prolonged and curved; stigma various.

  • Fruit indehiscent, 1–4-celled, with a single anatropous seed suspended from the summit of each cell.

  • Fruit a berry-like drupe, with 6–9 seed-like nutlets, each containing an erect anatropous seed.