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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Campylotropous \Cam`py*lot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. ? curved + ? a turning.] (Bot.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

campylotropous adj 1: (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk [ant: orthotropous]