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Webster 1913 Edition

Recurvate

Re-cur′vate

(r?-k?r′v?t)
,
Adj.
[L.
recurvatus
, p. p. of
recurvare
. See
Re-
, and
Curvate
.]
(Bot.)
Recurved.

Re-cur′vate

(-v?t)
,
Verb.
T.
To bend or curve back; to recurve.
Pennant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recurvate

RECURV'ATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. recurro; re and curvo, to bend.] To bend back.

RECURV'ATE

,
Adj.
1.
In botany, bent, bowed or curved downwards; as a recurvate leaf.
2.
Bent outward; as a recurvate prickle, awn, petiole, calyx or corol.

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