incurvedadj.
/ɪnˈkəːvd/ Bent into or having a curved form; curved, crooked; in modern use, Curved or bent inwards, having an inward curvature. (Now chiefly in Zoology and Botany)
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > curved inwards
combingc1503
inbenta1586
inbending1622
inflexed1661
incurvated1665
inflex1753
incurvate1776
incurved1816
rolled-in1832
introflexed1846
incurving1865
inflected1870
inwound1876
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Incurued, bowed.
1765 Dr. Wolfe in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 95 They have all sharp black incurved claws.
1816 W. Smith Strata Identified 22 This thick Strata contains large incurved oysters.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxi. 253 The head projects into a long incurved obtuse horn.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 252 The spiniform teeth..a little incurved.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. i. 5 In the genus Pinguicula..the leaves are concave with incurved margins.
1880 Daily News 3 Nov. 3/8 The incurved varieties [of chrysanthemums] from China.
1895 Daily News 4 Nov. 3/3 The classes for cut flowers comprised Japanese, incurved, reflexed, anemone, and pompon anemone varieties.
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