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resupinate

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re⋅su⋅pi⋅nate

  [ri-soo-puh-neyt, -nit]
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–adjective
1. bent backward.
2. Botany. inverted; appearing as if upside down.
Origin:
1770–80; < L resupīnātus bent backward, turned back (ptp. of resupīnāre), equiv. to re- re- + supīn- (see supine ) + -ātus -ate 1
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re·su·pi·nate   (rĭ-sōō'pə-nāt', -nĭt)   
adj.   Biology
Inverted or seemingly turned upside down, as the flowers of most orchids.

[Latin resupīnātus, past participle of resupīnāre, to bend back : re-, re- + supīnus, supine; see supine.]
re·su'pi·na'tion n.
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