Orthotropic: adj. "Orthtrope" is said of an organ with vertical growth.
Also said of an ovum whose body is entirely straight, has no curvature and is not overturned, so
that the micropyle is exactly the opposite of the funicle.
See: Hemitrope, Anatrope, Campylotrope.
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