REC'LINATE, adjective [Latin reclinatus. See recline.]
In botany, reclined, as a leaf; bend downwards, so that the point of the leaf is lower than the base.
A reclinate stem is one that bends in an arch towards the earth.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.