10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
adjective (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English apotropous English anatropous From an- + apotropous.
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