Vaginant

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

  Vaginant \Vag"i*nant\, a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See {Vagina}.]
     Serving to invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Vaginant leaf} (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch
        by its base, which has the form of a tube.


        [1913 Webster] Vaginate