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re⋅pand

  [ri-pand]
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–adjective
1. Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
2. slightly wavy.
Origin:
1750–60; < L repandus bent backwards, turned up, equiv. to re- re- + pandus bent, curved, deriv. of pandere to spread out, extend

Related forms:
re⋅pand⋅ly, adverb
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re·pand   (rĭ-pānd')   
adj.   Botany
Having a somewhat wavy margin: a repand leaf.

[Latin repandus, bent backward : re-, re- + pandus, past participle of pandere, to spread out; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·pand
Pronunciation: ri-'pand
Function: adjective
: having a slightly undulating margin repand colony of bacteria>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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