subdistant

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adjective

Describing gills of a mushroom that are closer together than "distant"

OriginEnglish distant ← Middle English distaunt ← Old French distant →
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Meanings

adjectivesubdistant (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyDescribing gills of a mushroom that are closer together than "distant"

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  13. Proto-Italic*staējō
  14. Proto-Italic*staēō
  15. Latinstō
  16. Latindistō
  17. Latindistāns
  18. Old Frenchdistant
  19. Middle Englishdistaunt
  20. Englishdistant
  21. Englishsubdistant

From sub- + distant.

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APA

subdistant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdistant

MLA

“subdistant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdistant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subdistant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subdistant.

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