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terete

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te·rete  (t-rt)
adj.
Cylindrical but usually slightly tapering at both ends, circular in cross section, and smooth-surfaced.
[From Latin teres, teret-, rounded; see ter-1 in Indo-European roots.]
terete [ˈtɛriːt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (esp of plant parts) smooth and usually cylindrical and tapering
[from Latin teres smooth, from terere to rub]
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Adj.1.terete - especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
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Often they remain terete after drying, the cells not collapsing and twisting at right angles to each other.
Megalastrum (Dryopteridaceae) in Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay by Moran, Robbin C.; Prado, Jefferson; Labiak, Paulo H. / American Fern Journal
However, all but these eight involved doubled letters: ALALA / ULULU, ARABA / URUBU, ARACA / URUCU, ARACARI / URUCURI, CALCIFIC / SALSIFIS, CARAPA / COROPO, TAMBALA / TOMBOLO, and TARATA / TERETE.
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26) up to 30 mm in length, terete, light brown in color; leaves (Fig.
An illustrated catalogue of macroscopic subfossils from ... by Swinehart, Anthony L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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