Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Premorse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Premorse \Pre*morse"\, a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere
to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.]
Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.
{Premorse root} or {leaves} (Bot.), such as have an abrupt,
ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.
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