a. Bot. [mod. f. Gr. ἀμφί on both sides, about + -τρόπ-ος turning + -AL 1. Cf. mod.Fr. amphitrope.] Of an embryo: So curved as to have both apex and radicle presented to the hilum.
1847. in Craig.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 64. Portulaceæ … ovules 2 or more … amphitropal, ascending.
