Revolute

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Botany Rolled backward from the tip or margins to the undersurface: a revolute leaf.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Rolled or recurved on itself.
  • adj. Having the edges rolled with the abaxial side outward.
  • v. to roll back, curve upwards
  • v. to participate in or incite a revolution or revolt
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rolled backward or downward.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rolled or curled backward or downward; rolled back, as the tips or margins of some leaves, fronds, etc.; in vernation and estivation, rolled backward from both the sides. See also cuts under Nothochlæna, Pteris, and Rafflesia.
  • To revolve.
  • n. The solid geometrical figure generated by the revolution of a plane figure about a straight line in its plane as axis.
    • Word Usage
    "As examples, Lobelias have thick leathery leaves, Ericaceae and Helichrysum have highly revolute leaf margins, and most of these species have a small leaf surface area."
    Cross Reference
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