| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.[Websters]
2. Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.[Websters] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb equitantly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (equitantly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective equitant.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EQUITANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Equitant \Eq"ui*tant\, adjective. [Latin expression equitans, -antis, present participle of equitare to ride, from eques horseman, from equus horse.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EQUITANT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] In botany, riding, as equitant leaves: a term of leafing or foliation, when two opposite leaves converge so with their edges, that one incloses the other; or when the inner leaves are inclosed by the outer ones.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geology | 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. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
