saccate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of saccate
1820–30; < New Latin saccātus, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack 1 + -ātus -ate 1
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Hoods.—Two lines across; saccate; open down the outer face.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Corolla of 4 or 5 separate erect spatulate or wedge-shaped scale-like petals, which are gibbous or saccate at the base, and tardily deciduous.
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
Lip entire, free from the column, saccate, without callosities.
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
Antheridia 3–20, in the axils of small saccate leaves, which are scarcely imbricate or crowded into terminal heads.
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
Raceme loose; flowers rather large; lip 3-ridged, not spurred or saccate.
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
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