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subconcave

  • a word derived from concave.
    concave
    adjective
    curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved.

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Leaves spreading or ascending, ovate, rounded or oblong, entire or retuse, subconcave; underleaves mostly wanting; perianth 3–6 times longer than the leaves, subulate-fusiform, laciniate or ciliate.

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

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