Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having an indusium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Furnished with an indusium.
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- adjective botany Furnished with an
indusium .
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Examples
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It differs from it, however, by being twice pinnate below, and from the typical spinulose fern by its glandular indusium; but from the intermediate variety it is more difficult to separate it, as that also has indusiate glands.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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That the indusium is a _special_ organ, i.e. not an eruption of the cuticle, I am sure; hence it is essential to examine extensively both indusiate and other forms, the precise extension of their veins, etc. at an early period to ascertain if their most diversified situations cannot be reduced to some one type.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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It would be a curious circumstance if all indusiate ferns were to be found reducible to a _marginal production_ of the reproductive apparatus.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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