Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being resupinate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
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- noun The state of
lying on theback ; the state of beingresupinate , or reversed.
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Examples
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This twist during development is called resupination, and it leaves a hallmark torsion of the flower ovary.
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This resupination is not uncommon in the order; it is most evident in
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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There is nothing, at least in this species, in the situation of the genitalia to account for the resupination.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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n. - turning to an upside-down position.
May 16, 2008