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Definition of: coarctate
(kō·ärk′tāt) adjective
1. Bot. Crowded together, as a panicle of flowers; compressed.
2. Entomol. Constricted at the base, as the abdomen of an insect. [<L coarctatus, pp. of coarctare, var. of coartare confine, constrain <co- together + artus crowded]
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