orthotropous ovule

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   a completely straight ovule with the micropyle at the apex

   Broaderovule

Questions about orthotropous ovule

What does orthotropous ovule mean?

orthotropous ovule means "a completely straight ovule with the micropyle at the apex".

Is orthotropous ovule a common word?

orthotropous 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.