| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Turned half round; half inverted.[Websters]
2. Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule.[Websters] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hemitropously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hemitropously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hemitropous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HEMITROPOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
