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Definition of Amphitropous ovule
1. Noun. A partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphitropous Ovule
Literary usage of Amphitropous ovule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Compared with the next form, the inversion is less and the later growth or
extension of the apical portion greater. The amphitropous ovule is characteristic ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"FIG. 345. Campylotropous ovule of a duckweed: c, hilum and chalaza; /, orifice.
FIG. 346. amphitropous ovule of Mallow:/, orifice; h, hilum; r, ..."
3. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"In addition to these there is the amphitropous ovule, whose foraminal and chalazal
ends are transverse with respect to the hilum, which is connected with ..."
4. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"... when neither radicle nor cotyledons point to the hilum, as occur» in the
semi-anatropous or amphitropous ovule. ..."
5. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1901)
"... hilum and chalaza;/, orifice; 233, campylotropous ovule of a duckweed: c,
hilum and chalaza; /, orifice; 234, amphitropous ovule of Mallow: /.orifice; ..."
6. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom: (based on by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt (1901)
"... hilum and chalaza; /, orifice; 234, amphitropous ovule of Mallow: /, orifice ;
h, hilum ; r, raphe ; c, chalaza; 235, anatropous ovule of a Violet; ..."
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