epanodos

[Gr., from epi, and anodos =a way up: ana =up, and hodos =a way.] Rhetoric : 1. A figure in which a sentence or member is inverted or repeated backward. 2. A return to the principal heads or to the proper subject of a discourse after a digre ion, or in order to consider the topics separately and more particularly. ěp-ăn-o-dỹ, 8. [EPANODOS.] Bot.: The reversion of an irregular flower to one of a regular form. ěp-ăn-or-tho-sis, s . [Gr., from epanorthoō = to set straight, to correct, from epi =up, and anorthoō =to set straight up; orthos =straight.] Rhet.: A figure of speech by which a person recalls what he has said, in order to substitute stronger or more significant words. těp-ăn-thoŭs, a. [ Gr.epi =upon, and anthos = a blo om, a flower.] Bot .: Growing upon a flower. Used of certain fungi.