hemitropousadj.
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1. Crystallography. = hemitropic adj. (Mayne Expos. Lex.).
2. Botany. Said of an ovule having a form intermediate between the anatropous and orthotropous, so that the hilum lies halfway between the base and the apex.
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anatropal1835
campylotropal1835
campylotropous1835
chalazal1835
atropous1839
anatropous1847
atropal1857
hemianatropous1857
hemitropous1860
hemitropal1864
nucellar1880
ovulate1890
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing A. Gray).
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adj.1860