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[1]
Synonyms
- hemitropal
References
- 1857, Asa Gray, First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology
- hemitropous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913