entire
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8.3
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtaɪər/
- Specialized
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entero
- In community-level cascades, the composition and/or biomass of the entire plant community is altered.
- an entire plant
Examples
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In botany, a fruit can be described as entire if its outer skin is smooth and unbroken.
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I saw her treat an entire ville...
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Students can easily weigh the entire plant, and at the end of the experiment, they can weigh the roots separately from the shoots to calculate a shoot-to-root ratio.
Academic text (2001) -
Sporophytes show a heteroblastic progression of leaf development, beginning with small entire leaves and gradually progressing to more highly divided leaves that ultimately become fertile.
Academic text (1998) -
Texmont holds the distinction of being the first rice variety developed from tissue culture—a technique that allows development in the laboratory of an entire plant from just a small fragment of plant tissue.
Academic text (1994) -
The leaves of the plant are entire, with smooth edges and no indentations.
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He pointed out that the entire petal arrangement of the flower contributed to its unique shape.
Synonyms
A leaf with one whole surface and no separate parts
Compounds
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Entire in botany also comes from the Latin integer meaning 'untouched', so an entire leaf or petal is one whose edge has not been 'cut' or 'notched' but is smooth and unbroken.