GLOCHIDIATE

Etymology

Adjective

glochidiate (comparative more glochidiate, superlative most glochidiate)

(botany) Having barbs.

Source: Wiktionary


Glo*chid"i*ate, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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