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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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Horizontal and acropetal hypergravity inhibited elongation growth of epicotyls by decreasing the cell wall extensibility, as did basipetal hypergravity.
Because of this, the main axis may show, in acropetal succession, all three types of bracts, or two types or only the glumaceous type.
It is not clear whether this acropetal increase of flower meristem identity is related to the acropetal loss of the SD suppression.
These features might be partly associated with the acropetal development of the terminal inflorescence.
Sepal initiation began on the basal lateral flower and continued in an acropetal direction until all floral meristems had completed sepal initiation.
Inflorescence had several small branches and the flowers were arranged in an acropetal succession on it.

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