Having a curved or bent form, used to describe the orientation and shape of seeds or ovules in flowering plants.
Combination of Latin 'campula' (slight curve) and Greek 'tropous' (turned), developed as botanical terminology in the 1800s for seed classification.
Plants evolved wildly different seed shapes—some curved, some straight, some spiraled—because each shape helps seeds disperse, protect, or germinate in different environments.
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