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Per*it"ro*pal (?), a. [Gr. , fr. to turn around; around + to turn: cf. F. p'eritrope.]
1.
Rotatory; circuitous.
2.
Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.
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