Reclinate

[reklineit]

Definition

(a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.

Editor: Maynard

Definition

adj. reclined: (bot.) bent downward so as to have the point lower than the base as a leaf.—n. Reclinā′tion the act of reclining or leaning: the angle which the plane of a dial makes with a vertical plane the intersection being a horizontal line: an operation in surgery for the cure of cataract.

Edited by Laurence