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Definition of Incurved
1. Adjective. Bent into or having an inward curve.
Definition of Incurved
1. a. Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals.
Definition of Incurved
1. Adjective. Turned inwards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incurved
1. incurve [v] - See also: incurve
Medical Definition of Incurved
1. Bent or curved inwards or upwards, of leaf margins, curved towards the adaxial surface. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incurved
Literary usage of Incurved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Capsule long-pedicellate, nodding or rarely erect, symmetrical or incurved ;
operculum large, long-beaked. Peristome of 16 linear-lanceolate purple or deep ..."
2. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1860)
"It is beautifully incurved, aud the gold tips are well set off by the warm ...
It is a pure ivory-white, full, and incurved, and is a decided advance on the ..."
3. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"Defiance, very pure white, a fine incurved flower. Dupont de 1'Enre, carmine-orange,
... Madame Andry, rosy blush and lemon colour, incurved, and very fiue. ..."
4. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"Alfred Salter, a fine large flower, nicely incurved, rosy lilac. ... Madame Andry,
rosy blush and lemon colour, incurved, and very fine. ..."
5. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"Capsule inclined or pendent, ovate and oblong-pyriform, rarely slightly incurved.
Inner peristome free; membrane large; segments long, perfect, separated by ..."
6. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1866)
"Of last year's flowers the following were very fine :—Alba Multiflora, aj,ood-sized
incurved white flower ; Áurea Multiflora, pure yellow, very bright and ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"So far, nearly all hairy chrysanthemums are of the Japanese incurved type.
Since the hairs are on the backs of the florets, they show best in incurved ..."
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