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Definition of Atropous
1. a. Not inverted; orthotropous.
Definition of Atropous
1. Adjective. (botany) Not inverted; orthotropous. ¹
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Definition of Atropous
1. having a straight ovule [adj]
Medical Definition of Atropous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atropous
Literary usage of Atropous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of botany and pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"80) recognized, of which the following may be mentioned: (i) atropous, in which
the ovule is straight and erect on its stalk, as in the Urticaceae; ..."
2. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"... in having atropous ovules and in the trimerous structure of their flowers.
The members of this order are mostly herbs, rarely small woody plants. ..."
3. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"atropous ovules. Fig. 540. Young ovale of Chelidonium. я, nucleus ; rA, chalaza.
Fig. ... „v* Sections of atropous ovule of Polygonum. ..."
4. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"That the frequency of the anatropous and campylotropous states, as compared with
the atropous, is connected with the fact that in the former the micropyle, ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"220) recognized, of which the following may be mentioned: (i) atropous, ...
A, atropous; B, anatropous; C, campylotropous. (f) funiculus or stalk; ..."
6. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"220) recognized, of which the following may be mentioned: (1) atropous, ...
A, atropous; B, anatropous; C. campylotropous. (f) funiculus or stalk; ..."
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