'Heterotropous' definitions:
Definition of 'Heterotropous'
From: GCIDE
- Heterotropal \Het`er*ot"ro*pal\, Heterotropous \Het`er*ot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way; ? other + ? to turn: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rotrope.] (Bot.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous. --Gray. [1913 Webster]