Resupinate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resupinate \Re*su"pi*nate\, a. [L. resupinatus, p. p. of
     resupinare to bend back. See {Resupine}.]
     Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or
     reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some
     plants.
     [1913 Webster]