hexangular
Americanadjective
adjective
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- hexangularly adverb
Etymology
Origin of hexangular
First recorded in 1655–65; hex- ( def. ) + angular
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The sporangia are typically hexangular when the lateral faces disappear, leaving at the edges six simple triangular threads, extending from the angles of the hexagonal apex downward to the base.
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In this fashion, and in strict accordance with this hexangular type, every ice molecule takes its place upon our ponds and lakes during the frosts of winter.
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The cone is drawn in the same way, so also is any other figure, whether octagonal, hexangular, triangular, &c.
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The scales of the whole of the body are broad, hexangular, with five or six longitudinal, slightly-raised ridges, which gradually taper, and are lost just before they reach the margin.
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From its mass of greenery, huge globular fruit stood out, a decimeter wide and furnished on the outside with creases that assumed a hexangular pattern.
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