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Definition: EXOPTILE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Exoptile \Ex*op"tile\, noun. [French expression, from Greek without feather, plumage.]. (references)

Definition: EXOPTILE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Etymology:Exoptile \Ex*op"tile\, noun. [French expression, from Greek without feather, plumage.]. (references)