retrorse adj 1: bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs" [ant: {antrorse}]
Retrorse \Re*trorse"\, a. [L. retrorsus, retroversus; retro back + vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. {Retrovert}.] Bent backward or downward. -- {Re*trorse"ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]