- Tending, or causing, to recede from the center. - Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base,
as a flower cluster. - Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the
fruit, as some embryos. - A centrifugal machine.
- Tending, or causing, to approach the center. - Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and
proceeding in order towards the summit. - Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the
fruit, as some embryos. - Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing
toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
- Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of
butter. - An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other
provisions are kept. - A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
refreshments are kept for sale to the students. - A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.