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Definition of Depauperate
1. v. t. & i. To make poor; to impoverish.
2. a. Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved.
Definition of Depauperate
1. Adjective. (botany of a plant etc) Having stunted growth. ¹
2. Adjective. Impoverished. ¹
3. Adjective. Having a limited biodiversity. ¹
4. Verb. To impoverish. ¹
5. Verb. To stunt the growth of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depauperate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Depauperate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Depauperate
Literary usage of Depauperate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... San Lorenzo Valley, ice., and a very depauperate state about San Francisco.
But the state with ray-corollas reduced to a tube, ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"depauperate; heads about J in- high, the teeth North Coast Ranges, seemingly
joining with no. ... Formerly seldom seen or only in depauperate form. ..."
3. Manual of the Flora of Jackson County, Missouri by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Benjamin Franklin Bush (1902)
"... Brit- ton is but a depauperate form of this species. FAMILY 42. AIZOACEAE A.
Br. Prostrate herbs with small regular flowers. Calyx 4-5-parted. ..."
4. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1868)
"... resembling depauperate specimens of Ko. 1, with obsolete projections at the
sinuses. 2. ... depauperate ..."
5. Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution by Thorstein Veblen (1915)
"depauperate" is here used in its technical sense, without any designed implication
of pra'se or dispraise for the businesslike management that so led to the ..."
6. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"... brownish-veined ; petioles 3-6 cm., or in depauperate specimens only 1-2 cm.
... or in depauperate specimens decumbent and s-shaped, only 2-4 cm. long; ..."
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