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Word: Reclinate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Cyclopaedia. From classical Latin reclīnātus, past participle of reclīnāre recline
Definition:
Of a plant or part of a plant: bending downwards or back on itself.
Definition:
Especially of a bristle: directed backward or upward.
