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Webster 1913 Edition


Fulcrate

Ful′crate

,
Adj.
[See
Fulcrum
.]
1.
(Bot.)
Propped; supported by accessory organs.
[R.]
Gray.
2.
Furnished with fulcrums.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fulcrate

FUL'CRATE

,
Adj.
[from L. fulcrum, a prop.]
1.
In botany, a fulcrate stem is one whose branches descend to the earth, as in Ficus.
2.
Furnished with fulcres.

Definition 2024


fulcrate

fulcrate

English

Adjective

fulcrate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Propped; supported by accessory organs.
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  2. Furnished with fulcrums.