"Anatropous" is a word in ENGLISH
Having the ovule inverted at an early period in its
development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to
orthotropous.
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Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Read the complete definitionHaving the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Read the complete definitionThe formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
Read the complete definitionHaving the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought …
Read the complete definitionThe place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
Read the complete definitionThe foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.
Read the complete definitionThe small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.
Read the complete definitionThe act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders …
Read the complete definitionAn ovule.
Read the complete definitionOne of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the …
Read the complete definitionHaving the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.
Read the complete definitionHaving the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
Read the complete definitionThe eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule …
Read the complete definitionCapable of being impregnated, as the egg of an animal, or the ovule of a plant.
Read the complete definitionAn opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule.
Read the complete definitionThe condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.
Read the complete definitionAn incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
Read the complete definitionAn analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle.
Read the complete definitionA fertilized oosphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.
Read the complete definitionDirect fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- …
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