Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terete"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Terete \Te*rete"\, a. [L. teres, -etis, rounded off, properly,
rubbed off, fr. terere to rub.]
Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of
plants.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
terete
adj : (botany) especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering
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