'Hemitropal' definitions:
Definition of 'Hemitropal'
From: GCIDE
- Hemitropal \He*mit"ro*pal\, Hemitropous \He*mit"ro*pous\, a. [See Hemitrope.]
- 1. Turned half round; half inverted. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. --Gray. [1913 Webster]