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suborˈbicular, a. Nat. Hist.
[sub- 21 c.]
Almost orbicular, nearly circular.
1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Leaf, Lunulated Leaf, one in form of a crescent: it is a suborbicular leaf hollowed at the base. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 100 A sub⁓orbicular, depressed body. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 386 Stictis punctiformis... Gregarious, minute, immersed, urceolate, suborbicular.
Comb.1870Hooker Stud. Flora 335 Populus tremula, leaves..of branches suborbicular-ovate sinuate-serrate.
So suborˈbiculate, -ated adjs.
1775J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Brit. Pl. 151 The silicula is erect, suborbiculated, compressed. 1825Macleay Annul. Javanica 13 The thorax neither suborbiculate [n]or entire. 1847Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. v. 235 Head suborbiculate or subquadrate. |