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† coˈarcture Obs. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ure.]
State of compression or contraction; concr. a name given by Grew to the neck or collum of plants.
1671Grew Anat. Plants i. iii. §1 The Coarcture: I cannot say of the Root, nor of the Trunk; but..standing betwixt them, and so being common to them both. Ibid. i. iii. §21 The Sap..in the Root..passing through the intermediate Coarcture..is entertain'd at last into the Trunk. |