Homotropal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homotropal \Ho*mot"ro*pal\, Homotropous \Ho*mot"ro*pous\, a.
     [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? turn, fr. ? to turn: cf. F.
     homotrope.]
     1. Turned in the same direction with something else.
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     2. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the seed directed towards the
        hilum.
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