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Homotropous

Homotropal \Ho*mot"ro*pal\, Homotropous \Ho*mot"ro*pous\, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? turn, fr. ? to turn: cf. F. homotrope.]

  1. Turned in the same direction with something else.

  2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the hilum.

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homotropous

a. (context botany English) Displaying, of, or pertaining to homotropy.