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subcompressed

subcompressed adjective: not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Adjective

subcompressed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
    • subcompressed spikelets
    • subcompressed whorls

Origin of subcompressed

From sub- + compressed.

Questions about subcompressed

What does subcompressed mean?
Subcompressed means not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
What part of speech is subcompressed?
Subcompressed is an adjective.

Words near subcompressed in the dictionary

  1. subcompositionally
  2. subcompositions
  3. subcompound
  4. subcompounding
  5. subcompounds
  6. subcompressed
  7. subcomputation
  8. subcomputations
  9. subconcatenate
  10. subconcave
  11. subconcentration

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