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View synonyms for revolute
revolute
[ rev-uh-loot ]
adjective
, Biology.
- rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
revolute
/ ˈrɛvəˌluːt /
adjective
- (esp of the margins of a leaf) rolled backwards and downwards
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Word History and Origins
Origin of revolute1
C18: from Latin revolūtus rolled back; see revolve
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Example Sentences
The April sunshine is fairly reflected in its revolute flowers.
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Valve with sides parallel; apices slightly capitate and revolute; stri, 10 in 10 .
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Fruit fleshy or membranous, 1–5-celled, the placent often produced to the axis and revolute.
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Heads many-flowered; flowers all tubular and perfect, with large revolute corolla-lobes.
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Filaments slender, united in a ring at the base; anthers oblong, revolute after flowering.
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