单词 | revoluted |
释义 | revolutedadj. Chiefly Botany. Rolled downwards or back, or towards the lower side; cf. revolute adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > revolute revolute1753 revoluted1773 1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 457/2 Corolla is composed of five spear-shaped, obtuse, revoluted petals, slightly connected at their base. 1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 447 Revoluted, rolled backwards, having the edges on both sides rolled spirally, so as to be nearly met on the back of the leaf. 1842 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 58 210 Hairs are epidermic threads implanted in the substance of the corion, or cylinders produced by involuted and revoluted processes of the epidermis. 1847 G. W. Johnson & J. Barnes Pine Apple (Gardener's Monthly Vol.) 25 Leaves rather long, broad, and somewhat furrowed, slightly spreading, and rather flat, with revoluted margins of a bluish green. 1902 Sunset Mag. June 109/2 What could anyone say of a grand pale lemon-yellow lily..with large, flat, slightly revoluted petals, pure in color, exquisite in form? 1999 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 89 186 The beadlike segments with strongly revoluted margins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1773 |
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