recurve verb. 
[rɪ'kǝ:v] L16.[Latin recurvare (trans.), formed as RE- + curvare CURVE verb.]1.  verb trans. Esp. 
Botany, bend back or backwards. Chiefly as 
recurved ppl adjective. 
L16.2.  verb intrans. Esp. of a wind or current: turn back in a curve to a previous direction. 
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