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con⋅du⋅pli⋅cate

  [kon-doo-pli-kit, -dyoo-]
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–adjective Botany.
(of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
Origin:
1770–80; < L conduplicātus (ptp. of conduplicāre to double), equiv. to con- con- + duplicātus duplicate

Related forms:
con⋅du⋅pli⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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con·du·pli·cate   (kŏn-dōō'plĭ-kĭt, -dyōō'-)   
adj.  Folded together lengthwise, as certain leaves or certain petals in a bud.

[Latin conduplicātus, past participle of conduplicāre, to double : com-, com- + duplicāre, to double (from duplex, duplic-, double; see dwo- in Indo-European roots).]
con'du·pli·ca'tion (-kā'shən) n.
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conduplicate con·du·pli·cate (kŏn-d&oomacr;'plĭ-kĭt, -dy&oomacr;'-)
adj.
Folded upon itself lengthwise.

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