adverb
- in a direction from the base toward the apex or tip of a plant or organism; proceeding from the root or lower part upward
Usage: botany; biology
Examples
- The flowers develop acropetally along the stem, with the oldest blooms at the base.
- In this plant species, the leaves unfold acropetally from the lower nodes upward.
- The infection spread acropetally through the vascular tissue of the plant.
- Nutrients are transported acropetally to support growth at the shoot apex.
- The buds break acropetally, beginning with those closest to the root system.