Lexic.us

Definition of Equitant

1. a. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

Definition of Equitant

1. Adjective. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback. ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Overlapping at the base. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equitant

1. overlapping [adj]

Medical Definition of Equitant

1. Of leaves, folded in half along the midline so that the adaxial surface disappears, and overlapping the edges of a similarly folded leaf on the opposite side of the stem. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equitant

Literary usage of Equitant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"Imbricate vernation \& equitant (riding astraddle), when conduplicate leaves alternately embrace — the outer one the next inner by its unfolded margins, ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"equitant Leaves are vertical on a different plan. They are conduplicate, /. e. arc ... 216. equitant erect leaves of Iris, with the rootstock. ..."

3. Lessons in the Structure, Life, and Growth of Plants, for Schools and Academies by Alphonso Wood, Oliver Rivington Willis (1889)
"Imbricate vernation is equitant (riding astraddle), when conduplicate leaves alternately embrace — the outer one the next inner by its unfolded margins, ..."

4. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"Dr. Lindley says he is not aware that scurfy and equitant leaves are found amongst other plants with superior ovary. Undoubtedly they cannot be so found, ..."

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