orthotropous
adjectiveGrowing straight, so that the micropyle is at the end opposite the stalk. Used of an ovule.
In botany, growing vertically or straight: applied specifically to an ovule in which the chalaza is at the evident base, and the orifice at the opposite extremity, the whole ovule being straight and symmetrical.
adjectiveGrowing
(of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex
