revolute

[ rev-uh-loot ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.

revolute

/ ˈrɛvəˌluːt /

adjective

1. (esp of the margins of a leaf) rolled backwards and downwards

Word History and Origins

Origin of revolute¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin revolūtus, past participle of revolvere to revolve

Word History and Origins

Origin of revolute¹

C18: from Latin revolūtus rolled back; see revolve

Example Sentences

Fruit fleshy or membranous, 1–5-celled, the placentæ often produced to the axis and revolute.

From Project Gutenberg

Flowers usually diœcious; nutlets and seeds deeply grooved on the back; rhaphe dorsal; cotyledons foliaceous, the margins revolute.

From Project Gutenberg

Slightly tomentose or glabrate, leafy, 1–2° high; divisions of the leaves narrowly linear or filiform, revolute; involucral scales obovate-oblong; achenes long-villous.—Neb. to Ark. and Tex.

From Project Gutenberg

Berry white, globular, rather dry, 4-celled, many-seeded.—A trailing and creeping evergreen, with very slender and scarcely woody stems, and small Thyme-like, ovate and pointed leaves on short petioles, with revolute margins, smooth above, the lower surface and the branches beset with rigid rusty bristles.

From Project Gutenberg

Corolla ovate and urn-shaped, with a short revolute 5-toothed limb.

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