equitant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of equitant
1820–30; < Latin equitant- (stem of equitāns ) (present participle of equitāre to ride), equivalent to equit- (stem of eques; see equites) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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The leaf-sheaths are smooth, equitant with thinly membranous margins.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The stems are leafy, with equitant, hard, leaf-sheaths at the base, smooth and polished, solid, 2 to 3-1/2 feet high.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Root not bulbous; leaves equitant in two ranks.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
They may be known from true blades by their standing edgewise, their margins being directed upwards and downwards; while in true blades the faces look upwards and downwards; excepting in equitant leaves, as already explained.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
These are tufted perennial grasses with rigid equitant leaves at the base.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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