The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heterotropal
Heterotropal \Het`er*ot"ro*pal\, Heterotropous
\Het`er*ot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. "etero`tropos turning another way;
? other + ? to turn: cf. F. h['e]t['e]rotrope.] (Bot.)
Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the
funiculus; amphitropous.
--Gray.