Cen-trif'u-gal, a.
a. [From Lat. centrum, center, and fugere, to flee; Fr. centrifuge.]
Sense 1. Tending to recede from the center.
Sense 2. (Bot.) (a.) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower. Lindley. (b.) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Gray.