anatropous

1. 1.

   (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk

   Synonymsinverted

   Antonymsamphitropous

   plant

Questions about anatropous

What does anatropous mean?

anatropous means "(of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk".

How many syllables are in anatropous?

anatropous has 4 syllables and divides as a-na-tro-pous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anatropous?

Close synonyms include inverted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.