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antitropous
antitropous, a. Bot. (ænˈtɪtrəpəs) = prec.1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 229 In Rhinanthaceæ it [the embryo] must be Antitropous or heterotropous. Oxford English Dictionary
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Radicle
Those pointing away from the seed coat scar or hilum are classified as antitropous, and those pointing towards the hilum are syntropous. wikipedia.org
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heterotropous
heterotropous, a. Bot. (-ˈɒtrəpəs) [f. as prec. + -ous.] = hemitropous 2.1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 209 Embryo supposed by Von Martius to be heterotropous (that is, to have its radicle not turned towards the hilum). Ibid. 229 In Rhinanthaceæ it must be antitropous or heterotropous. 1857 Henfrey El... Oxford English Dictionary
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homotropous
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.... Oxford English Dictionary
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anti-
▪ I. anti-, prefix1 repr. Gr. ἀντι-, ἀντ-, ἀνθ- (see ant-, anth-), ‘opposite, against, in exchange, instead, representing, rivalling, simulating’; in Gr. combined adverbially with (1) vbs., as ἀντιλέγειν to speak against, contradict; (2) vbl. adjs., as ἀντίλογος speaking against, contradictory, ἀντί... Oxford English Dictionary
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