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

Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Hemitropous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

“hemitropous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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