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terete
[ tuh-reet, ter-eet ]
adjective
- slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- cylindrical or slightly tapering.
terete
/ ˈtɛriːt /
adjective
- (esp of plant parts) smooth and usually cylindrical and tapering
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Other Words From
- subte·rete adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terete1
1610–20; earlier teret < Latin teret- (stem of teres ) smooth and round, akin to terere to rub
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terete1
C17: from Latin teres smooth, from terere to rub
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Example Sentences
Terete′, cylindrical and tapering, columnar; Tereticau′date, round-tailed.
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Pod linear, terete or somewhat 4-sided, the valves being keeled by a mid-nerve.
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Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless.
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Pod linear or oblong, nearly terete or 4-sided, with a stout 1-seeded beak or a rigid style; valves 1–5-nerved.
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Fruit ovate, glabrous, with equal filiform ribs, and no oil-tubes; stylopodium conical and prominent; seed nearly terete.
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