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 theaxis ; said of the parts of thecalyx orcorolla inaestivation . - adjective botany Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without
overlapping ; said ofleaves invernation .
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Examples
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The folded pinnae are one of two shapes, induplicate (V-shaped) with the midrib protruding downward or reduplicate (upside-down V-shape) with the midrib protruding up.
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"I love the flowers, and I like to paint them and learn their English names, but I don't care in the least if their stamens are hypogynous or their cotyledons induplicate!
The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907
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