conduplicate

American  

[kon-doo-pli-kit, -dyoo-] / kɒnˈdu plɪ kɪt, -ˈdyu- /

adjective

Botany.

1. (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.

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conduplicate British  

/ kɒnˈdjuːplɪkɪt /

adjective

1. botany folded lengthways on itself

   conduplicate leaves in the bud

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Other Word Forms

• conduplication noun

Etymology

Origin of conduplicate

1770–80; < Latin conduplicātus (past participle of conduplicāre to double), equivalent to con- con- + duplicātus duplicate

Example Sentences

Spikelets crowded into a leafy-involucrate head, laterally flattened, the scales more or less conduplicate and keeled.

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Glumes 2, chartaceous, strongly flattened laterally or conduplicate, awnless, bristly-ciliate on the keels, closed, nearly equal in length, but the lower much broader, enclosing the flat grain.

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In these cases the cotyledons are plane; but they may be folded upon themselves and round the radicle, as in Mustard, where they are conduplicate, thus o>>.

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Seeds spherical and cotyledons conduplicate, as in Brassica.—Annuals or biennials.

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Scales imbricated somewhat in 2 ranks, more or less conduplicate or boat-shaped, keeled, white or whitish.

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