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Webster 1913 Edition

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Turned half round; half inverted.

(Bot.)

Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; – said of an ovule.

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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.
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