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Webster 1913 Edition
Revolute
Rev′o-lute
,Adj.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Rolled backward or downward.
☞ A revolute leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower surface inside the coil. A leaf with revolute margins has the edges rolled under, as in the Andromeda polifilia.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revolute
REV'OLUTE
,Adj.
In botany, rolled back or downwards; as revolute foliation or leafing, when the sides of the leaves in the bud are rolled spirally back or towards the lower surface; a revolute leaf or tendril; a revolute corol or valve.