Eq'ui-tant, a.
(ěk'wĭ-tant), a. [Lat. equitans, p. pr. of equitare, to ride, from eques, horseman, from equus, horse.]
- Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
- (Bot.) Overlapping each other; — said of leaves whose bases or edges alternately overlap each other; as, the equitant leaves of the iris. Loudon.