equitant

[ek-wi-tuhnt]

adjective

Botany.

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

equitant

/ ˈɛkwɪtənt /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of equitant¹

1820–30; < Latin equitant- (stem of equitāns ) (present participle of equitāre to ride), equivalent to equit- (stem of eques; equites ) + -ant- -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of equitant¹

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

Example Sentences

After his tenure at Avis, Mr. Rand was chief executive of Equitant, a management services company later purchased by IBM.

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In 2003, I joined Equitant, a provider of outsourced management services.

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Rush-like herbs, with equitant leaves sheathing the base of a naked scape, which is terminated by a head of perfect 3-androus flowers, with extrorse anthers, glumaceous calyx, and a regular colored corolla; the 3-valved mostly 1-celled capsule containing several or many orthotropous seeds with a minute embryo at the apex of fleshy albumen.

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Fibrous-rooted, with equitant leaves and perfect 3- or 6-androus flowers.

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Root not bulbous; leaves equitant in two ranks.

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