a. Bot. [f. mod.L. campylotrop-us, f. Gr. καμπύλος bent + -τροπος, f. τρέπειν to turn + -OUS.] Said of the ovule of phanerogamous plants when its nucleus, with its integuments, is curved upon itself.
1835. Henslow, Phys. Bot., 270. The ovule is then termed campulitropous.
1870. Bentley, Bot., 324. The progressive development of the campylotropous ovule is well seen in the Mallow.
