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What does acropetal mean?

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Adjective
  1. (botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
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In every case, the basipetal movement was greater than the acropetal movement.
From there they will flow to other parts of the shoot in both basipetal and acropetal directions.
We examined the effects of basipetal, horizontal, and acropetal hypergravity stimulation on growth and cell wall properties of azuki bean seedlings.
Sepal initiation began on the basal lateral flower and continued in an acropetal direction until all floral meristems had completed sepal initiation.
The inflorescence, a raceme, bears a brief globose secondary axis in each node with 2 flowers and 5 7 EFNs, which develop in acropetal direction.
Similarly, meristem activities in the same acropetal sequence or on the whole-root-system architecture have not yet been compared.

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