Bot. overlapping: said of a leaf whose base overlaps and covers partly the leaf above it, as in the iris
Origin of equitant
Classical Latin equitans, present participle of equitare: see equitationequitant
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equitant
adjective
Overlapping at the base to form a flat, fanlike arrangement in two ranks, as the leaves of some irises.
Origin of equitant
Latin equitāns equitant- present participle of equitāre to ride horseback from eques equit- horseman from equus horse ; see ekwo- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
- (botany) Overlapping at the base.
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