Superimposed

Superimposed [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	*The adjective superimposed is used in botany to indicate plant parts placed one over another without integration, with one layer on top of another.*

For example: superimposed whorl of petals, superimposed radial spines, superimposed cladodes of Opuntia.

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Spine cluster of Epithelantha bokei, with several superimposed series of radial spines.

To superimpose [ Transitive & intransitive verb]
(past and past participle superimposed, present participle superimposing, 3rd person present singular superimposes)


	*To lay or add (something) on or over something else.*

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