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Definition: EPICLINAL

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb epiclinally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(epiclinally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective epiclinal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Epiclinal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Epiclinal \Ep`i*cli"nal\, adjective. [Prefix epi- Greek expression couch.]. (references)

Definition: EPICLINAL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb epiclinally.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(epiclinally)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective epiclinal.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EPICLINAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Epiclinal \Ep`i*cli"nal\, adjective. [Prefix epi- Greek expression couch.]. (references)