Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Roman antiquity, belonging to the cross-ways. The lares compitales were domestic deities whose shrines stood on the street-corners.
- In botany: Intersecting and crossing at various angles: said of the veins of leaves.
- Situated at the point of junction of two veins; said of the sori of ferns.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of the
vein of aleaf , intersecting at a wide angle. - adjective Of or pertaining to
crossroads .
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