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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praemorsus

, p. p. of

praemordere

to bite off;

prae

before +

mordere

to bite.]

Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.

Premorse root

Premorse leaves

(Bot.)

such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

Adj.

premors'. [L. proemordeo, proemorsus; proe and mordeo, to gnaw.] Bitten off.

Premorse roots, in botany, are such as are not tapering, but blunt at the end, as if bitten off short.

leaves, are such as end very obtusely with unequal notches.

premorse ‎(not comparable)