quadrate
adjective
square or rectangular.
subquadrate
-
a word derived from
quadrate.
Example Sentences
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Leaves roundish or subquadrate, bidentate, bifid, or sometimes 3–5-cleft; underleaves none, or small and mostly 2-parted; perianth usually strongly plicate.
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
Black and shining; head subquadrate, smooth and shining, as wide as the thorax, with a few punctures at the sides of the face and between the antennæ.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
It is surrounded by a strong chitinous rim, which is usually square or subquadrate but not infrequently circular or subcircular.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Lodicules are two, fleshy and cuneate or subquadrate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Upper molar larger than the sectorial, subquadrate, rather broader than long; lower sectorial with heel less than half the length of the whole tooth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
