| 释义 |
heterotropal, a. Bot.|-ˈɒtrəpəl|
[f. Gr. ἑτερότροπ-ος turning another way (f. ἑτερο- hetero- + -τροπος turning) + -al1.]
= heterotropous.
1832J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 193 The radicle will point neither to the apex nor to the base of the seed, but the embryo will lie, as it were, across it, or be heterotropal, as is the case in the primrose. 1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Heterotropal, a term applied to the embryo of a seed when the former lies across the latter; that is to say, neither pointing to its base nor apex. 1866Treas. Bot. 588/1 Heterotropal, lying parallel with the hilum. A term applied only to the embryo. |