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PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHITROPOUS

amphitropous  [æmˈfɪtrəpəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHITROPOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amphitropous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMPHITROPOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of amphitropous in the English dictionary

The definition of amphitropous in the dictionary is partially inverted so that the base and the micropyle at the apex are the same distance from the funicle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHITROPOUS


allotropous
əˈlɒtrəpəs
anatropous
əˈnætrəpəs
campylotropous
ˌkæmpɪˈlɒtrəpəs
eutropous
ˈjuːtrəpəs
hemitropous
hɛˈmɪtrəpəs
heterotopous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒtəpəs
isotropous
aɪˈsɒtrəpəs
octopus
ˈɒktəpəs
orthotropous
ɔːˈθɒtrəpəs
paranthropus
pəˈrænθrəpəs
plagiotropous
ˌpleɪdʒɪˈɒtrəpəs
sinanthropus
sɪnˈænθrəpəs
xenopus
ˈzɛnəpəs
zinjanthropus
zɪnˈdʒænθrəpəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHITROPOUS

amphiprotic
amphisbaena
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenic
amphiscian
amphistomatal
amphistomatic
amphistomous
amphistylar
amphitheatral
amphitheatre
amphitheatric
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrically
amphithecia
amphithecium
amphitricha
amphitrichous

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHITROPOUS

acarpous
angiocarpous
anthocarpous
atropous
croupous
dipterocarpous
heterocarpous
lupous
pachycarpous
pappous
parthenocarpous
polycarpous
polypous
pompous
pseudocarpous
rhizocarpous
schizocarpous
stegocarpous
syncarpous
xylocarpous

Synonyms and antonyms of amphitropous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amphitropous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMPHITROPOUS

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横生
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amphitropous
570 millions of speakers

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amphitropous
510 millions of speakers

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amphitropous
380 millions of speakers
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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Amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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Amphitropous
85 millions of speakers
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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Amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
65 millions of speakers

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amphitropous
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
30 millions of speakers
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amphitropous
15 millions of speakers
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amphitropous
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amphitropous
10 millions of speakers
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amphitropous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphitropous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHITROPOUS»

The term «amphitropous» is normally little used and occupies the 139.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHITROPOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphitropous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHITROPOUS»

Discover the use of amphitropous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphitropous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Taxonomy of Angiosperms
The amphitropous ovule has its micropyle situated at right angles to the stalk and in the campylotropous type the ovule is slightly bent, otherwise it is simi'ar to the amphitropous type. In all the living gymnosperms the ovule is typically ...
V.N. Naik, 1984
2
An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada ...
The ovary contains from one to six orthotropous amphitropous or anatropous ovules. Fruit ovoid, more or less ribbed. Endosperm in one or three layers. [Greek , in allusion to the growth of these small plants in swamps.] Seven species, in ...
Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1896
3
Natural history of New York
Stamens equal in number to and opposite the lobes of the corolla. Style and 6tigma single. Capsule one-celled, with a fleshy central placenta. Seeds usually numerous and amphitropous (peltate). Embryo straight, in the axis of fleshy albumen.
New York (State). Natural History Survey, 1843
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Journal: Botany
As a general rule the character of the order is to have anatro- pous, or more or less amphitropous ovules, attached in two or more rows to an axile placenta ; but the minor modifications are innumerable. The placenta itself is attached to the ...
Linnean Society of London, 1869
5
The silva of North America: a description of the trees which ...
... the spreading lobes papillo-stigmatic on the inner face, usually one-celled by abortion, rarely two-celled ; effete or rudimentary in the staminate flower ; .ovule solitary, suspended from the apex of the cell, amphitropous ; micropyle extrorse, ...
Charles Sprague Sargent, 1895
6
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
As a general rule the character of the order is to have anatropous, or more or less amphitropous ovules, attached in two or more rows to an axile placenta; but the minor modifications are innumerable. The placenta itself is attached to the ...
Linnean Society of London, 1869
7
Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections
These are atropous (orthotropous), hemitropous (hemianatropous), anatropous, campylotropous, and amphitropous. The anatropous ovule is common in the angiosperms. Bocquet (1959) regards orthotropous and anatropous ovules as basic ...
Dalbir Singh, S. B. Mathur, 2004
8
The journal of the Linnean Society of London
a single, amphitropous, broad, almost orbicular ovule, peltately attached to the centre of the disk of an orbicular peltate placenta. This curious-looking arrangement strikes at first as a remarkable anomaly ; but a careful examination shows in ...
Linnean Society (London), 1869
9
Objective Botany
... becomes horse-shoe shaped in the following ovule (1) Amphitropous (2) Campylotropous (3) Anatropous (4) Orthotropous (CPMT-UP 1996) The ovules in Opuntia are (1) Anatropous (2) Orthotropous (3) Hemianatropous (4) Circinotropous ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
10
An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada ...
Ovary ovoid or subglobose, narrowed upward into the style; styles united nearly to the stigmas; ovule solitary, amphitropous. Utricle membranous, included in the calyx, i-seeded. [Greek, for a disease of the fingers and a plant supposed to cure  ...
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown, 1913

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHITROPOUS»

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Daily Meditation: Passover
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