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terete

adjective

Latin root: teres Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about terete at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering.

Origin

From Latin teres (“rounded (cylindrical)”).

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