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subancipitous

subancipitous adjective: synonym of subancipital.

Adjective

subancipitous (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of subancipital.
    • Stem abbreviated, terete-cylindric, to 1 cm long, monophyllous, completely concealed by papyraceous, subancipitous, acute sheaths to 1 cm long.2015 July 25, “Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    subancipital

Synonyms of subancipitous

Origin of subancipitous

From sub- + ancipitous.

Questions about subancipitous

What does subancipitous mean?
Subancipitous means synonym of subancipital.
What part of speech is subancipitous?
Subancipitous is an adjective.

Words near subancipitous in the dictionary

  1. subanalyze
  2. subanalyzed
  3. subanalyzes
  4. subanalyzing
  5. subancipital
  6. subancipitous
  7. subandean
  8. Subanen
  9. subanesthesia
  10. subanesthetic
  11. subangled

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