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Meaning of RETRORSE

Pronunciation:  ri'trors

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (biology) bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs"
 
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 Synonyms: decurved
 
 Antonyms: antrorse
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*trorse"\, a. [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back
+ vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. {Retrovert}.]
Bent backward or downward. -- {Re*trorse"ly}, adv.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Directed backwards or downwards. Compare antrorse.
 

 

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