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单词 orthotropous
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orthotropousadj.

Brit. /ɔːˈθɒtrəpəs/, U.S. /ɔrˈθɑtrəpəs/
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French orthotrope , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < French orthotrope (1808 in the source translated in quot. 1819 at sense 1; < ortho- ortho- comb. form + -trope -trope comb. form) + -ous suffix.With sense 1 compare homotropous adj., atropous adj. With sense 2 compare earlier orthotropic adj.
Botany.
1. Originally (of an embryo): having the radicle directed towards the hilum; = homotropous adj. Later (of an ovule): developed in an upright position from the placenta, so that the micropyle is at the end opposite the base; = atropous adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > of parts > relating to embryo or radicle
rostellate1800
orthotropous1819
peritropal1819
radicular1819
rostelliform1819
homotropous1829
heterotropous1830
heterotropal1832
axile1839
amphitropous1841
homotropal1844
rostellara1845
amphitropal1847
peritropous1849
polyembryonate1864
polyembryonic1864
proembryonic1875
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > ovum > types of ovum
orthotropal1832
meroblastic1864
periblastic1876
holoblastic1879
orthotropous1880
telolecithal1880
progamous1885
teleplasmic1886
triovulate1891
1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 35 There are some other epithets which are applied to the embryo with respect to its direction. It is homotropous, when it has the same direction as the seed—orthotropous, when like the last, but straight.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 236 The embryo is certainly orthotropous in Streptocarpus Rexii.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §8. 278 Orthotropous, or straight ovule, is the simplest but least common species, being that in which the chalaza is at the evident base, and the orifice at the opposite extremity, the whole ovule straight and..symmetrical. Atropous..is a later and etymologically much better name.
1908 B. L. Robinson & M. L. Fernald Gray's New Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 353 Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)..the flowers mostly perfect, with..a 1-celled ovary bearing 2 or 3 styles..and a single erect orthotropous seed.
1935 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 62 94 When first differentiated the ovules are almost orthotropous, but they soon become bent in a horizontal plane so that the micropyle is approximately at right angles to the point of attachment.
1977 K. Esau Anat. Seed Plants xxi. 417/1 During the development of the integuments the ovule may remain upright (atropous or orthotropous ovule) or become inverted (anatropous ovule).
2. = orthotropic adj. 1. rare.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > undergoing tropism
geotropic1875
heliotropic1875
paratonic1875
apheliotropic1880
apogeotropic1880
nyctitropic1880
paraheliotropic1880
plagiotropic1882
phototropic1883
selenotropic1883
rheotropic1884
orthotropic1885
thermotropic1885
haptotropic1888
traumatropic1898
plagiotropous1900
aphototropic1903
orthotropous1909
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orthotropous a. Bot.,..= orthotropic.
1965 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 125 If the main axis is vertical it is said to be orthotropous and the plant upright.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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