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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, horizontal in the pericarp, as a seed; also, having the radicle pointing toward the side of the pericarp, as an embryo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Peritropal.

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  • adjective Alternative form of peritropal.

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