resupination
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Noun
resupination (uncountable)
- (botany) The twisting of flowers or leaves by about 180° as they open.
- The state of lying on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, , London: Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
- Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure.
References
“resupination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.