Dictionary entry

Heterotropal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Het′er‐ot″ro‐pal (?), Het′er‐ot″ro‐pous (�), a. [Gr. ετερὅτροποσ turning another way; � other + � to turn: cf. F. hétérotrope.] (Bot.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. Gray.