ORTHOTROPOUS


Meaning of ORTHOTROPOUS in English

/awr tho"treuh peuhs/ , adj.

Bot. (of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.

[ 1820-30; orthotropus. See ORTHO-, -TROPOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .