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    resupinate
CIDE DICTIONARY
resupinate, a. [L. resupinatus, p. p.  of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]. 
                                            
                                         Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    OXFORD DICTIONARY
resupinate, adj.  (of a leaf etc.) upside down.
                    Etymology
                        L resupinatus past part. of resupinare bend back: see SUPINE
                                    
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