anatropous

adjective

anat·​ro·​pous ə-ˈna-trə-pəs 

: having or being a plant ovule inverted so that the micropyle is bent down to the funiculus to which the body of the ovule is united

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin anatropus, from ana- ana- + -tropus -tropous

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anatropous

• coppice