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Definition of: orthotropous
(ôr·thot′rə·pəs) adjective Bot.
Growing straight: said of an ovule in which the nucellus is straight. Also or·thot′ro·pal. [<NL orthotropus <Gk. orthos straight + trepein turn]
—or·thot′ro·py noun
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