resupination

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/ɹɪˌs(j)uːpɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

The twisting of flowers or leaves by about 180° as they open.

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Meanings

nounresupination (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe twisting of flowers or leaves by about 180° as they open.
  2. uncountableThe state of lying on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.

    Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure.

    1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC
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