Definitions for equitant

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equitant eq·ui·tant

Spelling: [ek-wi-tuh nt]

IPA: /ˈɛk wɪ tənt/

Equitant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in equitant (aeinqttu).

Definitions for equitant

adjective

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

Origin of equitant

1820-30; Latin equitant- (stem of equitāns) (present participle of equitāre to ride), equivalent to equit- (stem of eques; see equites) + -ant-

Examples for equitant

The leaves are ranged on each other's back (equitant) as in the Marsh Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum, t. 535).

Among these are the equitant leaves of the Iris or Flower-de-Luce.

The leaf-sheaths are smooth, equitant with thinly membranous margins.

Involucral leaves numerous, equitant; perianth ovate-subulate or narrowly fusiform, 3-angled, deeply 6–8-lobed.

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