equitant

[ ek-wi-tuhnt ]

/ ˈɛk wɪ tənt /

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adjective Botany.

straddling or overlapping, as leaves whose bases overlap the leaves above or within them.

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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

Words nearby equitant

equiprobable, equirotal, equisetoid, equisetum, equitable, equitant, equitation, equites, equities, equitoxic, equity

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How to use equitant in a sentence

Involucral leaves numerous, equitant; perianth ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, 3-angled, deeply 6–8-lobed.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
These are tufted perennial grasses with rigid equitant leaves at the base.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The nodes are glabrous mostly bearing tufts of leaves with compressed equitant sheaths.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Nodes are glabrous and dark-ringed, and with fan-like spreading equitant leaf-sheaths and leaves more especially when rooting.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

The leaf-sheaths are smooth, equitant with thinly membranous margins.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses|Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

British Dictionary definitions for equitant

equitant

/ (ˈɛkwɪtənt) /

adjective

(of a leaf) having the base folded around the stem so that it overlaps the leaf above and opposite

Word Origin for equitant

C19: from Latin equitāns riding, from equitāre to ride, from equus horse

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