# Campylotropous

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/campylotropous
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

applied to an [ovule](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovule "the megasporangium (nucellus) together with the integuments of a seed plant. After fertilization the ovule develops into the seed.") which is curved so that the axis is at right angles to the [funicle](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/funicle "the stalk of an ovule.").

## Related terms

- [Funicle](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/funicle)