recurvate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite curved backward or inward
    recurved.

WordNet

Re*cur"vate adjective
Etymology
L. recurvatus, p. p. of recurvare. See Re-, and Curvate.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Recurved.
Re*cur"vate transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To bend or curve back; to recurve. Pennant.

Webster 1913