Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.