Micropyle

Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊˌpaɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌpaɪl/ micropyle (plural micropyles) (botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments

micropyles plural of micropyle polymerics

Borrowed from French micropyle. micropil n (plural micropile) micropyle Declension of micropil

From micropyle +‎ -ar. micropylar (not comparable) Of or pertaining to micropyles

ortho- +‎ -tropous. orthotropous (not comparable) (botany, of an ovule) Growing straight and having the micropyle at the apex anatropous orthotropic