Peritropal

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

  Peritropal \Per*it"ro*pal\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn around;
     peri` around + ? to turn: cf. F. p['e]ritrope.]
     1. Rotatory; circuitous. [R.]
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     2. Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of


        the pericarp to which it is attached.
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