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recurved
(encz) | recurved, adj: |
Recurved
(gcide) | Recurved \Re*curved"\ (r?*k?rvd"), a.
Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a
bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
[1913 Webster] |
recurved
(wn) | recurved
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
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recurved
(encz) | recurved, 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.
[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.
[WordNet 1.5] |
recurved
(wn) | recurved
adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate] |
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