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Erecto-patent   Listen
adjective
Erecto-patent  adj.  
1.
(Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
2.
(Zoöl.) Standing partially spread and erect; said of the wings of certain insects.





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"Erecto-patent" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1/4 inch long, erecto-patent. There are four glumes. The first glume is lanceolate, 1-nerved, and persistent. The second glume is twice as long as the first, linear-lanceolate, with a very short awn and 2-toothed at the tip, 1-nerved, persistent. The third glume is rigid, lanceolate-linear, 3-nerved, ...
— A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses • Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar


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