The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (-v?t), v. t.
   To bend or curve back; to recurve. --Pennant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recurvate \Re*cur"vate\ (r?*k?r"v?t), a. [L. recurvatus, p. p.
   of recurvare. See Re-, and Curvate.] (Bot.)
   Recurved.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

recurvate
    adj 1: curved backward or inward [syn: recurved, recurvate]