premorse

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“
Leaves premorse, lanceolate, decurrent, downy.

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  1. adjective Abruptly truncated, as though bitten or broken off: a premorse leaf.

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  1. Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordēre, to bite off in front : prae-, pre- + mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin præmorsus, past participle of præmordere, bite in front or at the end, from præ, before, + mordere, bite: see mordant.
 

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