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peritropous

peritropous is the alternative form of peritropal.

Meaning of peritropal

Adjective

peritropal (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Involving turning oneself around: rotating or circuitous.
    • “Suppose I should get up a ballet, drill the girls myself, and learn ’em all the peritropal movements; see that their skirts are short enough, and that they are graceful while dancing.[…]”1872, William Henry Thomes, chapter IV, in Life in the East Indies, Boston: Lee & Shepard, page 142
  2. (archaic) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

Questions about peritropous

What is peritropous the alternative form of?
Peritropous is the alternative form of peritropal.

Words near peritropous in the dictionary

  1. peritrochium
  2. peritropal
  3. peritrophic
  4. peritrophin
  5. peritrophins
  6. peritropous
  7. peritruncal
  8. peritubal
  9. perituber
  10. perituberal
  11. peritubular

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