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What does retuse mean?

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Adjective
  1. (botany) Having a rounded apex with small central notch
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The dehiscent 2-winged fruit is nearly elliptical, with retuse apical margin.durandi, the fruit is obpyriform with a retuse apex.
The orbicular-shaped mutant leaves are further characterized by the leaf apex, which is retuse in contrast to the acuminate apex of leaves of wild-type plants.
Petals narrowly lanceolate, rounded and retuse at the apex, 18-20 mm long, each with a pair of basal appendages, cream tipped with white.
The sepals are obtuse to rounded, but never retuse as in some plants of L. racemulosa.

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