homotropous, a. Bot.
(-ˈɒtrəpəs)
[f. Gr. ὁµο- homo- + -τροπος turning + -ous (after F. homotrope, A. Richard 1819): cf. Gr. ὁµότροπος of like disposition.]
Of the embryo of a seed: Having the radicle directed towards the hilum. Opp. to antitropous or heterotropous.
| 1829 P. Clinton tr. Richard's Elem. Bot. (ed. 4) 398 The embryo is said to be homotropous when it has the same direction with the seed, that is to say, when its radicle corresponds to the hilum. 1870 Bentley Bot. (ed. 2) 342 The embryo is said to be erect or homotropous. |