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Webster 1913 Edition

Capreolate

Cap′re-o-late

,
Adj.
[L.
capreolus
wild goat, tendril, fr.
caper
goat: cf. F.
capréolé
.]
(Bot.)
Having a tendril or tendrils.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capreolate

CAPREOLATE

,
Adj.
In botany, having tendrils, or filiform spiral claspers, by which plants fasten themselves to other bodies, as in vines, peas, &c.

Definition 2024

capreolate

capreolate

English

Adjective

capreolate ‎(comparative more capreolate, superlative most capreolate)

  1. (botany) Having a tendril or tendrils.

Etymology

From Latin capreolus ‎(“wild goat, tendril”), from caper ‎(“goat”). Compare French capréolé.

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