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ACROPETAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acropetal mean?
• ACROPETAL (adjective)
The adjective ACROPETAL has 1 sense:
1. of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
Familiarity information: ACROPETAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
basipetal (of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base)
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