subcontiguous

[suhb-kuhn-tig-yoo-uhs]

adjective

1. almost touching; nearly contiguous.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subcontiguous¹

sub- + contiguous

Example Sentences

Prostrate, with ventral runners; leaves flat, subcontiguous or imbricate, obliquely round-ovate, minutely 2-toothed with a lunulate sinus, abruptly decurrent; cells large, uniform; underleaves minute, the upper orbicular, bifid, the lower twice 2-lobed, the primary lobes round-quadrate, divaricate, the secondary ovate or subulate.

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Subcontiguous, sub-kon-tig′ū-us, n. almost touching.

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