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resupinate

[ri-soo-puh-neyt, -nit]

adjective

bent backward.

Botany. inverted; appearing as if upside down.

Origin:
1770–80; < Latin resupīnātus bent backward, turned back (past participle of resupīnāre), equivalent to re- re- + supīn- (see supine) + -ātus -ate¹

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resupinate (rɪˈsjuːpɪnɪt)

—*adj*
	botany (of plant parts, esp the flowers of many orchids) reversed or inverted in position, so as to appear to be upside down

[C18: from Latin resupīnātus bent back, from resupīnāre, from re- + supīnāre to place on the back; see supine]

resupi'nation

—n

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