resupinate

American  

[ri-soo-puh-nayt, -nit] / rɪˈsu pəˌneɪt, -nɪt /

adjective

1. bent backward.

2. Botany. inverted; appearing as if upside down.

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resupinate British  

/ rɪˈsjuːpɪnɪt /

adjective

1. botany (of plant parts, esp the flowers of many orchids) reversed or inverted in position, so as to appear to be upside down

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Other Word Forms

• resupination
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of resupinate

1770–80; < Latin resupīnātus bent backward, turned back (past participle of resupīnāre ), equivalent to re- re- + supīn- ( see supine) + -ātus -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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resupinate

The pileus is rigid, coriaceous, resupinate, effused, reflexed, the lower margin generally adhering firmly, somewhat fasciated; velvety, rubiginous or rusty in color, then becoming smooth and bright brown, the intermediate stratum tawny-ferruginous.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

In the resupinate forms the cap is attached usually near one side, and then is produced more at the opposite side, so that it is more or less lateral or eccentric.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson

The pileus is one-third of an inch across, when young cup-shaped, dark cinereous, somewhat membranaceous, quite firm, resupinate, then reflexed, somewhat striate, slightly pruinose, villous at the base.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

This genus grows on wood, at first resupinate, expanded; the hymenophore springing from a mucous mycelium.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

Entirely resupinate, hymenium soft and fleshy when moist, collapsing when dry, often cracked.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

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