Vaginant

Vag"i*nant

(?), a. [Cf. F. vaginant. See Vagina.] Serving to invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
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Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.
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Vag"i*nate

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Vag"i*na`ted

(?), } a. [See Vagina.] Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
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Vag`i*na"ti

(?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zol.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
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