ansulate

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adjective

Coiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.

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Meanings

adjectiveansulate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleterarebiologyCoiled at the apex and then bent over in a loop, like the shoots in some Cucurbitaceae.

    Ansulate tendrils

    1885, Botanical Gazette, volumes 1-10, page 434
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    Some species of the genus Cucumis have straight and some ansulate tendrils, but the species of the other genera are uniform, so far as observed.

    1881, The Botanical Gazette, volumes 6-7, page 10
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