hemitropous

== English == === Etymology === See hemitrope. === 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 === References === “hemitropous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.