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Retroflex   Listen
Retroflex

verb
1.
Bend or turn backward.  Synonym: replicate.
2.
Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate.
adjective
1.
Bent or curved backward.  Synonym: retroflexed.
2.
Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.  Synonym: cacuminal.



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