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Repand definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPAND', a. [L. repandus.] In botany, a repand leaf is one, the rim of which is terminated by angles having sinuses between them, inscribed in the segment of a circle; or which has a bending or waved margin, without any angles; of which is bordered with numerous minute angles and small segments of circles alternately.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a slightly undulating margin

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin repandus spread out, from repandere to open wide, from re- + pandere to spread — more at fathom Date: circa 1760 having a slightly undulating margin <a repand leaf> <a repand colony of bacteria>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Bot. with an undulating margin; wavy. Etymology: L repandus (as RE-, pandus bent)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repand Re*pand" (r?*p?nd), a. [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.) Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.