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Terete

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Cylindrical but usually slightly tapering at both ends, circular in cross section, and smooth-surfaced.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section; cylindrical or slightly tapering. See cut under petiole.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering

Word Usage

"A 1651 edition of Hernández included a carefully drawn figure and a Latin description that in its wording seemed positively modern: Ololiuqui, which some call coaxihuitl, or snake plant, is a twining herb with thin, green cordate leaves, slender green terete stems, and long white flowers."

Equivalent

rounded

Cross Reference

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