Centrifugal and Centripetal are terms used in Botany to designate two different kinds of leaf development or inflorescence, the former term being applied when the development proceeds from the apex towards the base of the axis or leaf, and the latter when it is from the base upwards towards the apex. See LEAF, INFLORESCENCE.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 68
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