adj. Biology Inverted or seemingly turned upside down, as the flowers of most orchids and the fruiting bodies of certain fungi. [Latin resupīnātus, past participle of resupīnāre, to bend back : re-, re- + supīnus, supine; see SUPINE.] re·su′pi·nation n. |
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