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- ( supine ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Resupinate, inverted, or appearing as if upside down, or reversed.

From Project Gutenberg

P. resupinate, sessile, adnate laterally or by the vertex, rather silky, orbicular or subreniform, whitish; g. broad, thin, white then brownish; sp. 6-8 � 5.

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P. thin, stipitate at first then resupinate and stem disappearing, tomentose, clear yellow then pale; g. crowded, orange-yellow then cinnamon; sp. rusty.

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P. resupinate, campan. vertex prominent, pedunculate, even, pubescent, ochraceous; g. radiating from an excentric point, thin, straight, colour of p.

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P. resupinate, flattened, sessile, adnate, downy, edge free; g. radiating from a point, amethyst.

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