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Webster 1913 Edition


Retuse

Re-tuse′

,
Adj.
[L.
retusus
, p. p. : cf. F.
rétus
. See
Retund
.]
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having the end rounded and slightly indented;
as, a
retuse
leaf
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Retuse

RETU'SE

,
Adj.
[L. retusus, retundo.] In botany, a retuse leaf is one ending in a blunt sinus, or whose apex is blunt. This term is applied also to the seed.

Definition 2024


retuse

retuse

English

Adjective

retuse (comparative more retuse, superlative most retuse)

  1. (botany, of a leaf) Having a rounded apex with small central notch

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Italian

Adjective

retuse

  1. Feminine plural form of retuso

Latin

Adjective

retuse

  1. vocative masculine singular of retusus