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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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