unexpanded
- a word derived from expanded.
Example Sentences
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When the "kava is in the cup," quaighs made of the "unexpanded leaf of the banana" are handed round to the guests, and the symposium begins.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
This secondary axis bears a leaf also, from which a tertiary floral axis a″′ is produced, bearing an unexpanded solitary flower f″′.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
The unexpanded flower buds are sold as cassia buds, possessing properties similar to those of the bark.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
The plant is of tall, slender growth; the stems are used for walking canes, and the young, unexpanded flower spikes are used as a vegetable.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
There is a member of the family called the cabbage-palmetto, the unexpanded leaves of which are used as a table vegetable, which you may see in Florida.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman
