HEMITROPOUS

Etymology

Adjective

hemitropous (comparative more hemitropous, superlative most hemitropous)

Turned half round; half inverted.

(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous.

Synonyms

• hemitropal

Source: Wiktionary

He*mit"ro*pal, He*mit"ro*pous, a. Etym: [See Hemitrope.]

1. Turned half round; half inverted.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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