resupinate

American  

[ri-soo-puh-neyt, -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

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

Example Sentences

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resupinate

P. 2-3 mm. resupinate, soft, orbicular, outside even, downy, grey; g. vein-like, simple, radiating from centre.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Poria is composed of resupinate species with the pores normally in a single series, the whole stratum spread over, and adhering to the matrix.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

The plants grow usually on the underside of rotten wood or bark, and then the upper side of the cap lies against the wood, and is said to be resupinate.

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

P. resupinate, thin, flaccid, orbicular then partly closed over and gaping, reddish-brown, edge striate; g. simple, flesh-colour. patellaris, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 Hard, Miron Elisha