(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:38:05

A*crop"e*tal (#), a. [Gr. summit + L. petere to seek.] Bot.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

 

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