EQUITANT


Meaning of EQUITANT in English

/ek"wi teuhnt/ , adj. Bot.

straddling or overlapping, as leaves whose bases overlap the leaves above or within them.

[ 1820-30; equitant- (s. of equitans ) (prp. of equitare to ride), equiv. to equit- (s. of eques; see EQUITES) + -ant- -ANT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .