retrofract
English
Etymology
retro- + Latin fractus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).
Adjective
retrofract (comparative more retrofract, superlative most retrofract)
- (botany) Bent sharply back, so as to appear broken.
- a retrofract stem
Synonyms
- retrofracted
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for retrofract in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)