'recurved recurvate' definitions:

Definition of 'recurved recurvate'

From: 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]

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