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Webster 1913 Edition
Ringent
Rin′gent
,Adj.
[L.
ringens
, -entis
, p. pr. of ringi
to open wide the mouth: cf. F. ringent
.] (Bot.)
Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth;
as a
. ringent
bilabiate corollaWebster 1828 Edition
Ringent
RING'ENT
,Adj.
In botany, a ringent or labiate corol is one which is irregular, monopetalous, with the border usually divided into two parts called the upper and lower lip; or irregular and gaping, like the mouth of an animal.
Definition 2024
ringent
ringent
English
Adjective
ringent
- Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.107:
- Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes on the surface.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.107:
See also
References
- ringent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913