Meanings
comparative more capreolate · superlative most capreolate
- archaicbiologyHaving a tendril or tendrils.
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The Section Grandiflora, representing the Agraric and Capreolata of Hammar, is readily subdivided into three subsections, as is done by Haussknecht, by eliminating, as Murales, from the well-marked Agrarian and Capreolate species the more dubious and intermediate plants, some of which present distinct individual features, while one or two others show affinities with certain of the Parviflora.
1917, Linnean Society of London, The Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 44, The Society, page 237
Origin
- Latincapreolātus
- Englishcapreolate
Borrowed from Latin capreolātus, from capreolus (“wild goat, tendril”) + -ātus, from caper (“goat”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French capréolé.
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