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INWARD-DEVELOPING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center
Classified under:
Similar:
centripetal (tending to move toward a center)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)