retracted

In heraldry, couped by a line diagonal to their main direction: said of ordinaries or subordinaries: thus, three bars or pales are retracted when cut off bendwise or bendwise sinister.

In entomology, permanently received or contained in a hollow of another part.

In botany, drawn back, as (sometimes) the radicle between the cotyledons; bent back.

Synonyms See retractile.

Simple past tense and past participle of retract.