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Webster 1913 Edition


Hemitropous

{

He-mit′ro-pal

,

He-mit′ro-pous

, }
Adj.
[See
Hemitrope
.]
1.
Turned half round; half inverted.
2.
(Bot.)
Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; – said of an ovule.
Gray.