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equitant

[ ek-wi-tuhnt ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. straddling or overlapping, as leaves whose bases overlap the leaves above or within them.


equitant

/ ˈɛkwɪtənt /

adjective

  1. (of a leaf) having the base folded around the stem so that it overlaps the leaf above and opposite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of equitant1

1820–30; < Latin equitant- (stem of equitāns ) (present participle of equitāre to ride), equivalent to equit- (stem of eques; equites ) + -ant- -ant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equitant1

C19: from Latin equitāns riding, from equitāre to ride, from equus horse
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Example Sentences

After his tenure at Avis, Mr. Rand was chief executive of Equitant, a management services company later purchased by IBM.

In 2003, I joined Equitant, a provider of outsourced management services.

Fibrous-rooted, with equitant leaves and perfect 3- or 6-androus flowers.

Root not bulbous; leaves equitant in two ranks.

Perianth woolly or roughish-mealy; leaves often equitant.

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