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Webster 1913 Edition

Repand

Re-pand′

(r?-p?nd)
,
Adj.
[L.
repandus
bent backward, turned up; pref.
re-
re- +
pandus
bent, crooked.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having a slightly undulating margin; – said of leaves.

Webster 1828 Edition

Repand

REPAND'

,
Adj.
[L. repandus.] In botany, a repand leaf is one, the rim of which is terminated by angles having sinuses between them, inscribed in the segment of a circle; or which has a bending or waved margin, without any angles; of which is bordered with numerous minute angles and small segments of circles alternately.

Definition 2024

repand

repand

See also: répand

English

Adjective

repand ‎(comparative more repand, superlative most repand)

  1. (botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.

Etymology

Latin repandus bent backward, turned up; prefix re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.

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