orthotropous

1. 1.

   (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex

   Antonymscampylotropous

   plant

Questions about orthotropous

What does orthotropous mean?

orthotropous means "(of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex".

How many syllables are in orthotropous?

orthotropous has 4 syllables and divides as or-tho-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 the opposite of orthotropous?

The recorded antonyms are campylotropous.

Is orthotropous a common word?

orthotropous 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.