subalternate

 [suhb-awl-ter-nit, -al-]  

sub·al·ter·nate

   [suhb-awl-ter-nit, -al-]
adjective
1.
subordinate.
2.
Botany. placed singly along an axis, but tending to become grouped oppositely.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin subalternātus (past participle of subalternāre to subordinate), equivalent to subaltern(us) subaltern + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
sub·al·ter·na·tion  [suhb-awl-ter-ney-shuhn, -al-] , noun
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Subalternate is always a great word to know.
So is seedless vascular plant. Does it mean:
male reproductive structure which produces gametes in ferns, mosses, fungi and algae
plants with true roots, stems and leaves dispersed by spores because they don't produce seeds
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subalternate (sʌbˈɔːltənɪt)
 
—adj
1.  (of leaves) having an arrangement intermediate between alternate and opposite
2.  following in turn
3.  of lesser quality or status
 
subalternation
 
—n

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