'Peritropal' definitions:
Definition of 'Peritropal'
From: GCIDE
- Peritropal \Per*it"ro*pal\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn around; peri` around + ? to turn: cf. F. p['e]ritrope.]
- 1. Rotatory; circuitous. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. [1913 Webster]