EQUITANT

Etymology

Adjective

equitant (not comparable)

Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

(botany) Overlapping at the base.

Anagrams

• quintate

Source: Wiktionary


Eq"ui*tant, a. Etym: [L. equitans, -antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.]

1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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