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in⋅du⋅pli⋅cate

[in-doo-pluh-kit, -keyt, -dyoo-]
–adjective Botany.
folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
Also, in⋅du⋅pli⋅ca⋅tive.


Origin:
1820–30; in- 2 + duplicate


in⋅du⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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in·du·pli·cate   (ĭn-dōō'plĭ-kĭt, -dyōō'-)   
adj.   Botany
Having the edges folded or turned inward.
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