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Webster 1913 Edition
Equitant
Eq′ui-tant
,Adj.
[L.
equitans
, -antis
, p. pr. of equitare
to ride, fr. eques
horseman, fr. equus
horse.] 1.
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
2.
(Bot.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Equitant
EQ'UITANT
,Adj.
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.
Definition 2024
equitant
equitant
English
Adjective
equitant (not comparable)
- Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
- (botany) Overlapping at the base.