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Definition of Tortile
1. a. Twisted; wreathed; coiled.
Definition of Tortile
1. Adjective. (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tortile
1. twisted; coiled [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortile
Literary usage of Tortile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"D. tortile (Schrad.) Hampe. is a smaller plant in appearance, for the leaves are
... D. tortile var. vari- , n ,'J ' , are more spreading and more entire, ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1886)
"Peduncles more conspicuous: tube of the corolla not longer than the widely
spreading lips, merely gibbous at base : the weakly tortile branchlets bearing ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Glabrous, slender, a span to 2 от 3 feet high, loosely branching, at length
producing more or less tortile branchlets : leaves linear or the lower ..."
4. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray (1878)
"Slender stems climbing over bushes by tortile leafy branchlets, reaching 4 or 5
feet high : filiform peduncles mostly twice the length of the leaves : ribs ..."
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