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or|thot|ro|pous
or|thot|ro|pous «awr THOT ruh puhs», adjective.
Botany. (of an ovule) having the nucellus straight, or not inverted, so that the chalaza is at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite end.
[< New Latin orthotropus (with English -ous) < Greek orthós straight + -tropos turned]

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