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ˈretrofract(ed, a. Bot.
[ad. mod.L. retrofract-us: see retro- and refract v.]
(See quots.)
1793Martyn Lang. Bot. (1796), Retrofractus, retrofracted. Applied to the Peduncle... Reduced to hang down as it were by force, so that it appears as if it had been broken. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) III. 445/2 A Peduncle is..retrofract, broken backward, reduced to a depending state as if by force. |