Vaginate
adjective, Botany.
1.
having a vagina or sheath; sheathed.
adjective
1.
(esp of plant parts) having a sheath; sheathed: a vaginate leaf
vaginate vag·i·nate (vāj’ə-nĭt, -nāt’) or vag·i·nat·ed (-nā’tĭd)
adj.
Forming or enclosed in a sheath.
Resembling a sheath.
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