amphitropous ovule

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   a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk

   Broaderovule

Questions about amphitropous ovule

What does amphitropous ovule mean?

amphitropous ovule means "a partly inverted ovule turned back 90 degrees on its stalk".

Is amphitropous ovule a common word?

amphitropous ovule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.