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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 a leaf, intersecting at a wide angle.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to crossroads.

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