Per*it"ro*pal (?), a. [Gr. , fr. to turn around; around + to turn: cf. F. p'eritrope.]

1.

Rotatory; circuitous.

[R.]

2.

Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

 

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