amphitropous (amfitropus)

[ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary 000 IMG:content-0663.png:[blocks in formation] 3 Amphitropous Seeds. 1, base of plantain-seed; 2, section of and micropyle; half-anatropous; same, showing a straight embryo, its rad i hetero trop ous: cle next the micropyle; 3, an ovule: a, hilum; &, micropyle. applied to an ovule or seed. ( b ) Having the embryo curved or coiled, as in all campylotropous seeds: so used by Richard. a mph i try on (am-fit'ri-on), n. [ F.a mph i try on, a host, entertainer, in ref. to A mph i try on in Molière's comedy of that name, who gives a great dinner; My noble a mph i try on made me sit down. Lady Herbert , tr. of Hübner's Round the World, II. 521. 2. [ cap.] [NL.] In zool., a genus of crusta ceans.