subunequal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ unequal

Adjective[edit]

subunequal (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Barely equal; approaching unequal.
    • 1861, Nicol Alexander Dalzell, Alexander Gibson, The Bombay Flora, page 188:
      Suffruticose; ramuli subterete, glabrous; leaves unequal, elliptic-ovate; acuminate-acute, and subunequal at the base, coarsely crenate serrated; []