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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERITROPAL
Per
*
it
"
ro
*
pal,
a.
Etym:
[
Gr.
péritrope.]
1.
Rotatory;
circuitous.
[R.]
2.
Having
the
axis
of
the
seed
perpendicular
to
the
axis
of
the
pericarp
to
which
it
is
attached.