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Incurve
(gcide) | Incurve \In*curve"\ ([i^]n*k[^u]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incurved ([i^]n*k[^u]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving.]
[See Incurvate.]
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
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incurved
(encz) | incurved, adj: |
incurvate incurved
(gcide) | curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.
Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]
Syn: curving.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.
Syn: campylotropous.
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Incurved
(gcide) | Incurve \In*curve"\ ([i^]n*k[^u]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incurved ([i^]n*k[^u]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Incurving.]
[See Incurvate.]
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
[1913 Webster]Incurved \In*curved"\ ([i^]n*k[^u]vd"), a. [Pref. in- in +
curved.] (Bot.)
Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or
petals.
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incurved
(wn) | incurved
adj 1: bent into or having an inward curve [syn: incurvate,
incurved] |
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