Te-rēte',, a.
a. [Lat. teres, teretis, rounded off, properly rubbed off, from terere, to rub; Fr. térete, Sp. terete.] (Bot.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.
a. [Lat. teres, teretis, rounded off, properly rubbed off, from terere, to rub; Fr. térete, Sp. terete.] (Bot.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.