revolute

American  

[rev-uh-loot] / ˈrɛv əˌlut /

adjective

Biology.

1. rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.

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revolute British  

/ ˈrɛvəˌluːt /

adjective

1. (esp of the margins of a leaf) rolled backwards and downwards

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Etymology

Origin of revolute

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin revolūtus, past participle of revolvere to revolve

Example Sentences

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revolute

Slightly tomentose or glabrate, leafy, 1–2° high; divisions of the leaves narrowly linear or filiform, revolute; involucral scales obovate-oblong; achenes long-villous.—Neb. to Ark. and Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Perianth segments.—Six; two or three inches long; six to nine lines wide; strongly revolute; with orange base and reddish or scarlet tips; spotted or dotted with purple on the lower half.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

Leaves thick, evergreen, 2 to 4 in. long, oblong, obtuse, and somewhat wrinkled; smooth and shining above, hairy beneath, the margin revolute, usually quite entire, rarely spiny-toothed.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar

Filaments slender, united in a ring at the base; anthers oblong, revolute after flowering.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Capsule large, distinctly pedicelled, dehiscing by 4–8 revolute segments.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray