Definition of terete in English:
terete
adjective
BotanyCylindrical or slightly tapering, and without substantial furrows or ridges.
‘As the leaf grows and becomes terete, the older leaf embraces it by the increasingly curved sheath.’- ‘In addition, each lobe is somewhat twisted so that it gives the superficial impression of a terete structure that is stigmatic everywhere.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Early 17th century from Latin teres, teret- ‘rounded off’.
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