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recurvate
(encz) | recurvate, adj: |
Recurvate
(gcide) | Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (-v?t), v. t.
To bend or curve back; to recurve. --Pennant.
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Recurvate
(gcide) | Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (r?*k?r"v?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p.
of recurvare. See Re-, and Curvate.] (Bot.)
Recurved.
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recurvate
(wn) | recurvate
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
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recurvate
(encz) | recurvate, adj: |
recurved recurvate
(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.
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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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recurvate
(wn) | recurvate
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
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