Ho-mŏt'ro-pal or Ho-mŏt'ro-poùs, a.

adjective

[Gr. ὁμότροπος, from ὁμός, the same, and τρόπος, turn, direction, from τρέπειν, to turn; Fr. homotrope.]

  1. Turned in the same direction with something else.
  2. (Bot.) Having the embryo in the same general direction as the seed.