Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Revolute

Revolute , adjective

[Latin revolutus, past participle of revolvere. See Revolve.]

(Botany & Zoology) Rolled backward or downward.

A revolute leaf is coiled downwards, with the lower surface inside the coil. A leaf with revolute margins has the edges rolled under, as in the Andromeda polifilia.