trigonous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of trigonous
1750–60; < Latin trigōnus triangular < Greek trígōnos. See tri-, -gon, -ous
Example Sentences
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The grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, broadly and shallowly grooved dorsally with concentric minute tubercled ridges covered with a loose pericarp.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The inflorescence is 1/2 to 3 inches long and consists of fascicles of spikelets; the rachis is trigonous, smooth, and flexuous.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Grain is oblong shining light reddish brown, narrowed at both ends and somewhat trigonous.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The grain is pale, brownish yellow, ellipsoidal-oblong, subacute, trigonous, rough and never smooth, with a shallow groove on the dorsal side; the embryo is about one-third the length of the grain.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Spikes are 1/2 to 1-3/8 inches, sessile or shortly stalked; the rachis of the spike is slender, trigonous and scaberulous.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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