Terete

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terete
       adj : especially of plant parts; cylindrical and tapering