Definition
In botany, describing a type of leaf arrangement where leaves overlap and enfold each other like the legs of a rider sitting on a horse.
Etymology
Latin 'equitans,' present participle of 'equitare' (to ride). Applied to botany in the 18th century because the overlapping leaves resemble the position of a rider straddling a horse.
Kelly Says
Iris and orchid leaves are equitant—they literally fold around each other like you're sitting on a horse, with one leaf overlapping the next in a pattern. Botanists had a delightfully weird sense of humor naming plant structures!
Translations
ARالعربية
متساوي
mu-ta-sa-wi
CACatalà
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
CSČeština
ekvitant
e-kwi-tan-t
DADansk
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
DEDeutsch
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
ELΕλληνικά
ισοδύναμος
i-so-dy-na-mos
ESEspañol
equitante
e-kwi-tan-te
FISuomi
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
FRFrançais
équitant
e-ki-tan
HEעברית
קוטר שווה
ko-tar she-va
HUMagyar
ekvitant
e-kwi-tan-t
IDBahasa Indonesia
setara
se-ta-ra
ITItaliano
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
MSBahasa Melayu
setara
se-ta-ra
NLNederlands
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
NONorsk
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
PLPolski
ekwitant
e-kwi-tan-t
PTPortuguês
equitante
e-kwi-tan-te
RORomână
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
RUРусский
эквитант
ekv-i-tan-t
SVSvenska
equitant
e-kwi-tan-t
TRTürkçe
ekvitant
e-kwi-tan-t
UKУкраїнська
еквітант
ekv-i-tan-t
VITiếng Việt
bằng nhau
bang na-u
ZUZU
ngokubandakanya
ngo-ku-ban-da-ka-nya