Defn: Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; — said of an ovule. Gray.
HEMITROPE
Hem"i*trope, a. Etym: [Hemi- + Gr. hémitrope.]
Defn: Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
HEMITROPE
Hem"i*trope, n.
Defn: That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
HEMITROPY
He*mit"ro*py, n. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Twin composition in crystals.
HEMLOCK
Hem"lock, n. Etym: [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium.