- Peritropal
- Peritropal Per*it"ro*pal, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn around; ?
around + ? to turn: cf. F. p['e]ritrope.]
1. Rotatory; circuitous. [R.]
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2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.