resupination

noun — 2 senses

noun

/ɹɪˌs(j)uːpɪˈneɪʃən/

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences 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.

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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