Hemitropal(a.) Alt. of Hemitropous
Hemitrope(a.) Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hemitrope(n.) That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
Hemitropous(a.) Turned half round; half inverted.
Hemitropous(a.) Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.

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