vaginant

English

Etymology

Compare French vaginant. See vagina.

Adjective

vaginant (not comparable)

1. (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.

   vaginant lamina

References

• “vaginant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.