conduplicate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of conduplicate
1770–80; < Latin conduplicātus (past participle of conduplicāre to double), equivalent to con- con- + duplicātus duplicate
Example Sentences
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Again, the cotyledons are conduplicate when the radicle is dorsal, and enclosed between their folds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The leaves are said to be conduplicate in this case.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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.
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 Asa Gray
Seeds spherical and cotyledons conduplicate, as in Brassica.—Annuals or biennials.
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 Asa Gray
When the leaves are conduplicate the shoots are more or less compressed.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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