induplicate

[in-doo-pluh-kit, -keyt, -dyoo-]

in·du·pli·cate

[in-doo-pluh-kit, -keyt, -dyoo-]
adjective Botany.
folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
Also, in·du·pli·ca·tive.


Origin:
1820–30; in-2 + duplicate

in·du·pli·ca·tion, noun
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Induplicate is always a great word to know.
So is sporophyte. Does it mean:
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
form of a diploid plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores
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induplicate or induplicated (ɪnˈdjuːplɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt)
 
adj
(of the parts of a bud) bent or folded inwards with the edges touching but not overlapping
 
induplicated or induplicated
 
adj
 
indupli'cation or induplicated
 
n

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