retrorse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective bent or curved backward or downward
    • leaves with retrorse barbs

WordNet

Re*trorse" adjective
Etymology
L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrovert.
Definitions
  1. Bent backward or downward. -- Re*trorse"ly, adv.

Webster 1913