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revolute

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rev⋅o⋅lute

  [rev-uh-loot]
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–adjective Biology.
rolled backward or downward; rolled backward at the tip or margin, as a leaf.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L revolūtus, ptp. of revolvere to revolve
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rev·o·lute   (rěv'ə-lōōt')   
adj.   Botany
Rolled backward from the tip or margins to the undersurface: a revolute leaf.

[Latin revolūtus, past participle of revolvere, to roll back; see revolve.]
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