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ringent

[ rin-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. Botany. having widely spread lips, as some corollas.


ringent

/ ˈ°ùɪ²Ô»åÏôÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. (of the corolla of plants such as the snapdragon) consisting of two distinct gaping lips
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ringent1

1750–60; < Latin ringent- (stem of °ù¾±²Ô²µÅ§²Ô²õ, present participle of °ù¾±²Ô²µÄ« to gape), equivalent to ring- open the mouth + -ent- -ent; rictus
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ringent1

C18: from Latin °ù¾±²Ô²µÄ« to open the mouth wide
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Flower ringent; the lanceolate sepals and petals nearly alike, united at base, ascending and arching over the column.

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Corolla deeply 2-lipped, ringent; upper lip straight or scythe-shaped, entire or barely notched, the lower spreading or pendent, 3-lobed, its middle lobe larger.

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Perianth somewhat ringent, oblique on the ovary; the sepals and petals all narrow, mostly erect or connivent, the three upper pieces sticking together more or less, the two lower covering the base of the lip.

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Perianth somewhat ringent, oblique and gibbous or obscurely spurred at base; the oblong or lanceolate sepals and petals nearly alike, 1–3-nerved, the upper arching; the lateral sepals ascending, their bases with that of the lip forming the gibbosity or short spur which is mostly adnate to the summit of the ovary; lip slightly adherent to the base of the 2-edged straightish column, bearing a pair of projecting ridges on the face below, spreading or recurved at the apex.

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Corolla tubular, more or less 2-lipped, ringent, persistent and withering; upper lip entire or 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed.

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