Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Peritropal

Peritropal , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to turn around; peri` around + {not transcribed} to turn: compare French péritrope.]

1.
Rotatory; circuitous. [Rare]
2.
Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.