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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

curved \curved\ adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight. Note: [Narrower terms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous; incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate; semicircular: serpentine, snaky: sinuate, sinuous, wavy: sinusoidal] Syn: curving. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous. Syn: campylotropous. [WordNet 1.5]