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[], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- Having a broad or rounded end with a notch or indentation at the apex; shallowly notched. Botany. Of a leaf, petal, etc.
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Origin
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mid 17th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin retūsus not sharp, blunt, in post-classical Latin and scientific Latin also having a broad or rounded end with a notch or indentation at the apex, use as adjective of past participle of retundere retund
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