Usually means: Leaf tip rounded and indented.
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  1. retuse: Merriam-Webster
  2. retuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. retuse: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retuse: Wordnik
  5. retuse: Wiktionary
  6. retuse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. retuse: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Retuse, retuse: Dictionary.com
  9. Retuse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Retuse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. retuse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Retuse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. retuse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. retuse: FreeDictionary.org
  15. retuse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Retuse: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  (botany, of a leaf) Having a rounded apex with a small central notch.

Similar:
runcinate, retroserrate, reniform, roundleaf, circinate, rotundifolious, revolute, perfoliate, spatulate, cirrhose, more...

Opposite:
acute, pointed, sharp

Types:
blunt, obtuse, dull, stupid, idiotic, moronic, dumb, more...

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Similar:
runcinate, retroserrate, reniform, roundleaf, circinate, rotundifolious, revolute, perfoliate, spatulate, cirrhose, more...

Opposite:
acute, pointed, sharp

Types:
blunt, obtuse, dull, stupid, idiotic, moronic, dumb, more...



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