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semiannular

semiannular adjective: having a shape resembling part of a ring or incomplete circular band.

Adjective

semiannular (not comparable)

  1. Having a shape resembling part of a ring or incomplete circular band.
    • The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6

Origin of semiannular

From semi- + annular.

Questions about semiannular

What does semiannular mean?
Semiannular means having a shape resembling part of a ring or incomplete circular band.
What part of speech is semiannular?
Semiannular is an adjective.

Words near semiannular in the dictionary

  1. semianimal
  2. semianimate
  3. semiannual
  4. semiannually
  5. semiannuals
  6. semiannular
  7. semianthracite
  8. semianthracites
  9. semiape
  10. semiapes
  11. semiapocryphal

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