EQUITANT
\ˈɛkwɪtənt], \ˈɛkwɪtənt], \ˈɛ_k_w_ɪ_t_ə_n_t]\
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Overlapping each other; - said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
By Oddity Software
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Overlapping each other; - said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
By Noah Webster.
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Riding, said of unexpanded leaves in a leaf-bud that overlap each other entirely, and in a parallel manner, without any involution; riding astraddle.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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In bot., applied to a form of vernation, in which the leaves are folded forwards longitudinally on the mid-rib, so that their edges meet, and each embraces the one which is placed next within it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
