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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orthotropal \Or*thot"ro*pal\, Orthotropous \Or*thot"ro*pous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.] (Bot.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous. [1913 Webster] Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orthotropous adj 1: (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex [ant: campylotropous]