repand

See also: répand

English

Etymology

From Latin repandus (“bent backward, turned up”), from re- (“re-”) + pandus (“bent, crooked”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

repand (comparative more repand, superlative most repand)

1. (botany, zoology) Having a slightly undulating margin.

   Synonym: sinuolate

2. Bent or curved backward or upward.

References

• “repand”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pander