- acropetal
- adjective
Etymology: acr- + -petal (as in centripetal)
Date: 1875
proceeding from the base toward the apex or from below upward <acropetal development of floral buds> • acropetally adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
acropetal
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acropetal — ACROPETÁL, Ă adj. (Despre plante; op. b a z i p e t a l) Cu primordiile cele mai tinere aproape de vârf. [< germ. akropetal]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 07.10.2004. Sursa: DN ACROPETÁL, Ă adj. (despre frunze, flori) care se dezvoltă de la bază… … Dicționar Român
Acropetal — A*crop e*tal, a. [Gr. a kros summit + L. petere to seek.] (Bot.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; said of certain inflorescence. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acropetal — [ə kräp′ə təl] adj. [ ACRO + PETAL] developing or moving from the base of the stem toward the apex: used to describe the development of tissues or movement of hormones in plants: opposed to BASIPETAL acropetally adv … English World dictionary
acropetal inflorescence — Indeterminate In de*ter mi*nate, a. [L. indeterminatus.] Not determinate; not certain or fixed; indefinite; not precise; as, an indeterminate number of years. Paley. [1913 Webster] {Indeterminate analysis} (Math.), that branch of analysis which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acropetal — acropetally, adv. /euh krop i tl/, adj. Bot. (of an inflorescence) developing upward, toward the apex. [1870 75; ACRO + PETAL] * * * … Universalium
acropetal — adjective That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence Ant: basipetal … Wiktionary
acropetal — 1. In a direction toward the summit. 2. Produced successively toward the apex, with the youngest conidium formed at the tip and the oldest at the base of a chain of conidia; pertaining to asexual spore production in fungi by successive budding of … Medical dictionary
acropetal — adj. developing upward from a base (Botany) … English contemporary dictionary
acropetal — [ə krɒpɪt(ə)l] adjective Botany relating to or denoting growth upwards from the base or point of attachment. Often contrasted with basipetal. Derivatives acropetally adverb Origin C19: from Gk akron tip + L. petere seek + al … English new terms dictionary
acropetal — adj. acropetally. Progressing in direction from promixal to distal; from base to apex, e.g. as for the pollen dehiscence sequence in most cycad cones. Cf. basipetal … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
