expanded
adjective
increased in area, bulk, or volume; enlarged.
unexpanded
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a word derived from
expanded.
Example Sentences
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The rudimentary state of a stem or branch; an unexpanded flower.
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
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 William Saunders
Differences in interpretation of the terms "unexpanded" and "narrow," as well as differences in techniques of preservation, have led to confusion of the reported digital shapes in various species.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch
No inflation occurred, and the unexpanded balloon did not fly—but time did.
From Comrade Kropotkin by Victor Robinson
Use.—The unexpanded flower-buds, and the seeds while young and succulent, have a warm, aromatic taste, and are pickled and used as capers.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr
