repand

[ ri-pand ]

adjective

1. Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
2. slightly wavy.

repand

/ rɪˈpænd /

adjective

1. botany having a wavy margin

   a repand leaf

Derived Forms

• reˈpandly, adverb

Other Words From

• re·pandly adverb
• subre·pand adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of repand¹

1750–60; < Latin repandus bent backwards, turned up, equivalent to re- re- + pandus bent, curved, derivative of pandere to spread out, extend

Word History and Origins

Origin of repand¹

C18: from Latin repandus bent backwards, from re- + pandus curved

Example Sentences

Creeping; leaves somewhat rigid, repand, deeply lobed; lobes rounded, submucronate, the lower appressed, the upper convex with incurved apex; perianth ovate, denticulate.

From Project Gutenberg

The pileus is convex, then expanded, plane, depressed, wavy, wrinkled, without zones, often repand, smooth, white.

From Project Gutenberg

The pileus is fleshy, soft, flexible, convex, to expanded, or obconic, plane or depressed, or funnel-shaped, the margin strongly inrolled when young, in age simply incurved, the margin plane or repand and undulate.

From Project Gutenberg

Perennial, diffusely much branched and widely spreading, or at first erect; leaves sometimes oblong, repand or obtusely toothed, rarely entire; corolla 9–12´´ broad, 5-angled or 5–10-toothed; anthers yellow.

From Project Gutenberg

The pileus is three or four inches broad, slightly fleshy; convex, rather involute, then flattened, somewhat repand; viscid, smooth, even, pale yellowish.

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