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
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.
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