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

Cap with border revolute, i. e., rolled backward.

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

P. 7-11 � 5-7 mm. cylindr. then revolute, umb. brown with rosy meal; g. adnexed, broad; s. up to 5 cm. bulbous, white, with rosy meal when young; sp. 9-11 � 5-6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. infundib. then revolute, brown, glabrous, edge striate wavy; g. decur. straw-colour, joined by veins; s. glabrous, tinged straw-colour, base brownish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. campan. papillately umb. viscid, centre brown, edge broadly revolute, even, glabrous; g. adnato-decur. wavy, veined, dusky brown; s. wavy, striate, fibrous, yellow, base white-downy, ring black, floccose, deciduous; sp. 14-17 � 7-10.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Capsule pedicelled, oblong-pyriform, dehiscing by 5–8 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 Gray, Asa