Definition of Hemitropous. Meaning of Hemitropous. Synonyms of Hemitropous

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Definition of Hemitropous

Hemitropous
Hemitropal He*mit"ro*pal, Hemitropous He*mit"ro*pous, a. [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.

Meaning of Hemitropous from wikipedia

- (campilotropous) as in Phrodus, Grabowskia or V****obia), or are partially inverted (hemitropous as in Cestrum, Capsi****, Schizanthus and Lycium). The number of ovules...
- is axial, rarely parietal (e.g. Gardenia); ovules are anatropous to hemitropous, unitegmic, with a funicular obturator, one to many per carpel. Nectaries...
- carpel, anatropous, hemianatropous, amphitropous or orthotropous, mostly hemitropous, bitegmic, cr****inucellate, chalaza with a ring of vascular bundles,...