Definition of reclinate Reclinate
rec•li•nate
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What does reclinate mean?
Wiktionary 
- reclinate (Adjective)
Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- reclinate (a.)
Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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reclinate
rek′li-nāt, adj. reclined: (bot.) bent downward, so as to have the point lower than the base, as a leaf.—n. Reclinā′tion, the act of reclining or leaning: the angle which the plane of a dial makes with a vertical plane, the intersection being a horizontal line: an operation in surgery for the cure of cataract. [L. reclināre, -ātum, to recline.]
