repand

[ ri-pand ]

adjective

Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
slightly wavy.

Origin of repand

1750–60; <Latin repandus bent backwards, turned up, equivalent to re-re- + pandus bent, curved, derivative of pandere to spread out, extend

Other words from repand

re·pand·ly, adverb
sub·re·pand, adjective

Words Nearby repand

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How to use repand in a sentence

The light, mossy-green leaves are imparipinnate, the leaflets ovate-repand, and they are rough on the under surface.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands | Gerrit Parmile Wilder
Calyx with a very short repand-truncate or minutely 5-toothed limb.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
repand: wavy; with alternate segments of circles and intervening angles.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
The pileus is convex, the disk expanded, and the margin incurved and more or less wavy or repand on the extreme edge.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. | George Francis Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for repand

repand

/ (rɪˈpænd) /

adjective

botany having a wavy margin: a repand leaf

Origin of repand

C18: from Latin repandus bent backwards, from re- + pandus curved

Derived forms of repand

repandly, adverb

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