Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the edges folded or turned inward.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany: Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in estivation.
  • Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping: said of leaves in vernation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation.
  • adjective Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.
  • adjective botany Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; said of leaves in vernation.

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