emprosthodromous

English

Etymology

From emprostho- +‎ -dromous.

Adjective

emprosthodromous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Of a flower: such that the genetic spiral on its shortest way from the bract to the outermost perianth-segment passes outside the flower, farthest from the axis.
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