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capreolate

capreolate adjective: having a tendril or tendrils.

Adjective

capreolate (comparative more capreolate, superlative most capreolate)

  1. (archaic) Having a tendril or tendrils.
    • The Section Grandiflora, representing the Agraric and Capreolata of Hammar, is readily subdivided into three subsections, as is done by Haussknecht, by eliminating, as Murales, from the well-marked Agrarian and Capreolate species the more dubious and intermediate plants, some of which present...1917, Linnean Society of London, The Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 44, The Society, page 237

capreolate meaning in Tamil

capreolate in Tamil

கொடிகளில் பற்றுதளிர்க்கையுடைய

Forms of capreolate

comparativemore capreolate
superlativemost capreolate

Origin of capreolate

Borrowed from Latin capreolātus, from capreolus (“wild goat, tendril”) + -ātus, from caper (“goat”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French capréolé.

Questions about capreolate

What does capreolate mean?
Capreolate means having a tendril or tendrils.
What is capreolate in Tamil?
Capreolate in Tamil is கொடிகளில் பற்றுதளிர்க்கையுடைய. See Capreolate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capreolate?
Capreolate is an adjective.

Words near capreolate in the dictionary

  1. caprazamycins
  2. Caprell
  3. caprellid
  4. caprellids
  5. capreol
  6. capreolate
  7. capreoline
  8. capreolines
  9. capreols
  10. capreomycidine
  11. capreomycin

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