inrolling
inrolling
[′in‚rōl·iŋ] (botany)
Inward rolling of the corolla of a flower, a physical process associated with senescence.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
They were forced, swept on by this
inrolling tide of wealth which their monopoly magnet irresistibly attracted.
In some species, the degree of
inrolling of the glume margins (as well as the width of the glume wings) determines whether the fruit is clasped by the subtending glume and therefore falls with it (Cyperus carinatus R.
AMany dogs have a problem with
inrolling eyelids or entropion, making the lashes grow inwards and irritating the eyes.
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