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repand
[ ri-pand ]
adjective
- Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- slightly wavy.
repand
/ rɪˈpænd /
adjective
- botany having a wavy margin
a repand leaf
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Derived Forms
- reˈpandly, adverb
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Other Words From
- re·pandly adverb
- subre·pand adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of repand1
C18: from Latin repandus bent backwards, from re- + pandus curved
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Example Sentences
The light, mossy-green leaves are imparipinnate, the leaflets ovate-repand, and they are rough on the under surface.
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Calyx with a very short repand-truncate or minutely 5-toothed limb.
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Repand: wavy; with alternate segments of circles and intervening angles.
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The pileus is convex, the disk expanded, and the margin incurved and more or less wavy or repand on the extreme edge.
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