A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

revolvens,-entis (part.B): rolling back from the edge or apex; unrolling, unwinding; revolving, returning [> L. revolvo,-volvi,-volutum, 3, to roll back; to unroll, unwind; to revolve, return, come back]; cf. involvens,-entis (part.B);

Drepanocladus revolvens, a pleurocarpous moss, “the specific epithet apparently refers to the twisted nature of the tips” (C&A). The leaves of this plant are “strongly falcate-secund and nearly circinate” (C&A).

revolvitur: third-person singular present passive indicative: [he/she] it is rolled back, revolved, rolled back;

- siliqua bicapsularis in seipsam introrsum revolvitur, ac in duo loculamenta dividitur seminibus foeta 4 (Tourn.), siliqua with two capsules, rolled back into itself toward the inside, and into two compartments [i.e. locules] divided, filled with seeds.

revolvunt: third-personn plural present active indicative: they roll back from the margin; unroll;

- folia frequentia lanceolato-acuta, aut striata apparent plicis in maxima paginae dimensione exortis aut marginem revolvunt (Hedw.), the leaves frequent, lanceolate-acute, either they appear striate with folds springing up in the greatest dimension of the surface or they roll back their margin.