Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, an unusually long style: said chiefly of trimorphic plants. Compare mesostyle and parastyle.
  • noun The posterior enamel-covered ridge on the outer side of such a molar as that of a horse: correlative with parastyle and mesostyle.

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  • noun botany A very long style
  • noun dentistry A ridge, covered with enamel, on the outer side of a molar tooth in animals such as the horse

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