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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

vaginant

. See

Serving to invest, or sheathe; sheathing.

Vaginant leaf

(Bot.)

a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.

Adj.

[L. vagina.] In botany, sheathing; as a vaginant leaf, one investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.

vaginant ‎(not comparable)

(botany) Serving as a sheathe.
A vaginant leaf is one investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.