Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Retrorse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Retrorse \Re*trorse"\, a. [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back
+ vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. {Retrovert}.]
Bent backward or downward. -- {Re*trorse"ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
retrorse
adj : (biology) bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with
retrorse barbs" [ant: {antrorse}]
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