amphitropal embryo

An embryo so curved as to have both apex and radicle presented to the hilum, as in Reseda. ăm-phit-rop-ous, a. [AMPHITROPAL.] Bot. A term used in describing the ovules of plants. An amphitropous ovule: One whose foraminal and chalazal ends are transverse with respect to the hilum, which is connected with the latter by a short raphe. ( Lindley .) Am-phit-ry-on, s. [Gr. ̓Αμφιτρύων (Am phitruon ) = a king of Thebes, the son of Alcæus and Hippomenė.] IMG:content-0474.png:[graphic] 1. Lit .: [See Etym.]. 2. Fig .: A host, the giver of a banquet.