Re-sŭ'pi-nate, a.

a. [Lat. rĕsupinatus, p. p. of resupinare, to bend or turn back, from resupinus. See RESUPINE.] 1. Inverted in position; seeming to be upside down. 2. (Bot.) Inverted in position by a twisting of the stock, as the flowers of orchis. Lindley.