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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany and zoology, flattened; spread out.
  • In entomology, having the margin flat and dilated, forming an edge: said of the thorax or elytra when the outer sides are so dilated, of the mandibles, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot. & Zoöl.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Flat; flattened.

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