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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
superimponens,-entis (part.B): laying over or upon, overlying [> L. superimpono, superimpositum, 3, to put, place or lay upon];

- suprapellis subpellem superimponens, the suprapellis overlaying the subpellis.

- pilis superficiem laminae superimponentibus, with the hairs overlaying the surface of the lamina.

- papillis epicutem dense superimponente, with the papillae densely overlaying the epicutis.

- Lichen crustaceus, saxatilis, verrucosus, pallidus, receptaculis florum concoloribus, & basi quadam superpositis, priapum perbelle repraesentantibus (Mich.), a crustose lichen, growing on stone, verrucose [i.e. covered with wart-like projections], with the receptacles of the ‘flowers’ the same color [i.e. as the lichen thallus], and [they are] superimposed with a [kind of, a certain] base, very nicely resembling a phallus [i.e.penis].

superponens,-entis (part.B): superimposing, overlapping, placing over or upon; to apply something over [> L. superpono,-posui,-positum, 3, to put or place over or upon, to place over or above].

 

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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