In botany, describing a plant ovule that is partially turned or bent, with the attachment point and the apex not fully aligned.
From 'hemi-' plus 'anatropous' (from Greek 'ana-,' back, and 'tropos,' turn). Botanical classification term for unusual ovule orientations.
Plant ovules come in surprising shapes—hemianatropous ones are like seeds that are halfway flipped compared to their full flip, a quirk botanists needed a name for!
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