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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