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transvertible

transvertible adjective: capable of being transverted.

Adjective

transvertible (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of being transverted.
    • In the little nebbe or fructifying principle, the motion is regular, and not tranſvertible, as to make that ever the leaf, vvhich nature intendeth the root; obſervable from their converſion, until they attain their right poſition, if ſeeds be ſet inverſedly.1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 130

Origin of transvertible

From transvert + -ible.

Questions about transvertible

What does transvertible mean?
Transvertible means capable of being transverted.
What part of speech is transvertible?
Transvertible is an adjective.

Words near transvertible in the dictionary

  1. transversus abdominis
  2. transvert
  3. transverted
  4. transverter
  5. transverters
  6. transvertible
  7. transverting
  8. transverts
  9. transvesical
  10. transvesicular
  11. transvest

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