campylotropous ovule

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   a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus

   Broaderovule

Questions about campylotropous ovule

What does campylotropous ovule mean?

campylotropous ovule means "a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus".

Is campylotropous ovule a common word?

campylotropous 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.