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terete, a.|təˈriːt|
Also 7 teret (9 erron. terate).
[ad. L. teres, teret-em rounded (off).]
Rounded, smooth and round; now almost always in Nat. Hist., having a cylindrical or slightly tapering form, circular in cross-section, and a surface free from furrows or ridges.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. ii. xi. §6 (1622) 326 Round and teret, like a globe. [1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 184 Leaves are, Teretes, round like a Pillar; when they are for the most Part cylindric.] 1821W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 18 Stem about two feet high, terete. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. v. (1858) 68 b, Fruit terete, obovate, covered with scales or tubercles. 1877Coues Fur Anim. iv. 98 Tail long, terete, uniformly bushy or very slender and close-haired, with a terminal pencil.
b. Comb., as terete-elliptical, terete-linear adjs.
1847W. E. Steele Field Bot. 177 Sep[als] and pet[als] ovate-lanceolate, as long as the terate-elliptical, mucronate caps[ule]. Ibid. 108 Pods terate-linear.
Hence teˈretish a., somewhat terete. Also † teˈretial, † ˈteretous adjs., terete (obs.).
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 176 Why..there are so few [plants] with teretous or long round leaves? 18..Owen cited in Cent. Dict. for teretial. 190.R. Tuckerman N. Amer. Lichens i. 22 (Cass. Supp.) Either narrowed and somewhat channelled, with teretish tips, or dilated. |