Vāg'i-nāte or Vāg'i-nā'ted, a.

adjective

a. [N. Lat. vaginatus, It. vaginato, Fr. vaginé. See supra.]

Sense 1. Invested with, or as if with, a sheath.

Sense 2. (Bot.) Invested by the tubular base of a leaf, as a stem. Martyn.