Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Developing or maturing from the base toward the apex, as in those plant organs in which the younger tissues are nearer the apex.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In botany, developing from below upward, or from the base toward the apex; basifugal.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Bot.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
Etymologies
- acro- + -petal (Wiktionary)
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