AMPHITROPOUS OVULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphitropous ovule mean? 

• AMPHITROPOUS OVULE (noun)
  The noun AMPHITROPOUS OVULE has 1 sense:

1. a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk

  Familiarity information: AMPHITROPOUS OVULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHITROPOUS OVULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("amphitropous ovule" is a kind of...):

ovule (a small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant; develops into a seed after fertilization)