being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"

(of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk[syn: anatropous ][ant: amphitropous ]

(Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.

adjective

capsized , overturned , upset , upturned