acropetal (akropetal)

[ acropetally (ak-rop'e-tal-i), adv. In an acropetal manner. The lateral shoots which normally arise below the growing apex of a mother-shoot are always arranged acrope tally , like the leaves. Sachs , Botany (trans.), p. 152. acrophonetic (ak"ro-pho-net'ik), a. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary a crop odium rodactylum. [Little used in either of these two senses.] -3. In art, an elevated pedestal bearing a statue, particularly if raised from the substructure on supports or feet; the plinth of a statue or other work of art, if resting on feet. Ed. Guillaume.