A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

teres,-etis (adj.B), abl.sg. tereti; compar. teretior, teretius (adj.B): terete, i.e. circular in transverse section, rounded, cylindric; 'rounded off, rounded, well-turned;' “tapering; free from angles; cylindrical or nearly so” (Lindley); (in mosses) in reference to the costa, meaning rounded at the back; cf. cylindric;

	Singular		Plural	
	m. & f.	n.	m. & f.	n.
Nom.teres	        teres	        teretes	teretia [note -ia]
Gen.	teretis	teretis	teretium [note -ium]	teretium [note -ium]
Dat.	tereti	tereti	teretibus	teretibus
Acc.	teretem	teres	        teretes	teretia
Abl.	tereti	tereti	teretibus	teretibus

- mosses] theca ‘teres,’ ubi thecae paries externus ab eius axe sectione quàcumque horizontali facta aequaliter distat, ut in muscis plerisque deprehenditur (Brid.), the theca is ‘terete’ where the outer wall of the theca is equally distant from its axis from wheresoever a horizontal section is made, as is observed in very many mosses.

- petalum internum teres, inner petal terete.

- foliis petiolisque teretibus, with leaves and petioles terete.

- inflorescentia in aspectu teres, inflorescence terete in appearance.

- staminodia teretia, staminodes terete.

- ramulis teretibus (non angulatis), with branchlets round (not angled).

- cotyledonibus crassiusculis subplanis ellipticisque v. semiteretibus, with the cotyledons somewhat thicker, rather flat and elliptic or semiterete.

- styli rami subteretes, obtusi, breviter papillosi, the branches of the style nearly terete, obtuse, shortly papillose.

- achaenia 3-4-gona teretia v. saepius varie compressa, achenes 3-4-angled, terete or more often variously compressed.

- foliis planis v. semiteretibus canaliculatisque v. rarius subteretibus, with leaves flat or half-terete and canaliculate or more rarely almost terete.

- foliis planis v. semiteretibus canaliculatisque v. rarius subteretibus, with leaves flat or half-terete and canaliculate or more rarely almost terete.

- foliis teretibus v. compressiusculis, with the leaves terete or somewhat compressed.

- colesula in omnibus speciminibus nostris est perfecte teres et plicata (Lindberg), the colesule in all of our [i.e. my] specimens is perfectly round and plicate.

semiteres,-etis (adj.B): half-terete; “a long narrow body, flat on one side, convex on the other” (Lindley); “half-terete” (Jackson);

- cotyledones semicylindricae v. subclavatae, fere corneae (B&H), the cotyledons half-cylindric or nearly clavate [i.e. club-shaped], almost horn-like.