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ansulate

ansulate adjective: coiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.

Adjective

ansulate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Coiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.
    • Some species of the genus Cucumis have straight and some ansulate tendrils, but the species of the other genera are uniform, so far as observed.1881, The Botanical Gazette, volumes 6-7, page 10
    • Ansulate tendrils1885, Botanical Gazette, volumes 1-10, page 434

Questions about ansulate

What does ansulate mean?
Ansulate means coiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.
What part of speech is ansulate?
Ansulate is an adjective.

Words near ansulate in the dictionary

  1. Anstines
  2. Anston
  3. Anstruther
  4. Ansty
  5. Ansty and Staplefield
  6. ansulate
  7. Ansuman
  8. Ansus
  9. Ansusinha
  10. ansuvimab
  11. ansuz

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