EQUITANT


Meaning of EQUITANT in English

[ 'ɛkwɪt(ə)nt ]

■ adjective Botany (of a leaf) having its base folded and partly enclosing the leaf next above it, as in an iris.

Origin

C18: from L. ~- , equitare 'ride a horse'.

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