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Webster 1913 Edition

Retuse

Re-tuse′

,

Adj.

[L.

retusus

, p. p. : cf. F.

rétus

. See

.]

(Bot. & Zool.)

Having the end rounded and slightly indented;

as, a

retuse

leaf

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Retuse

RETU'SE

,

Adj.

[L. retusus, retundo.] In botany, a retuse leaf is one ending in a blunt sinus, or whose apex is blunt. This term is applied also to the seed.