terete

From Latin teres (“rounded (cylindrical)”).

Senecio haworthii has leaves that, though not very long, and tapered at both ends, are terete: they have a circular cross section.

terete (comparative more terete, superlative most terete)

1. Having a smooth circular cross-section; cylindrical, commonly more or less tapering.

• In common usage, the term terete suggests long and tapering plant stems, but it really describes the circular cross section rather than the length or taper.

• teretiform
• teretial
• teretous

• semiterete
• subterete
• teretish

• Teeter, teeter

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾete/ [t̪eˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: te‧re‧te

terete m or f (masculine and feminine plural teretes)

1. terete

• “terete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014