resupination

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˌs(j)uːpɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

resupination (uncountable)

1. (botany) The twisting of flowers or leaves by about 180° as they open.
2. 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.