terete

[ tuh-reet, ter-eet ]

/ təˈrit, ˈtɛr it /

slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.

cylindrical or slightly tapering.

Origin of terete

1610–20; earlier teret < Latin teret- (stem of teres) smooth and round, akin to terere to rub

sub·te·rete, adjective

teres major, teresa, tereshkova, teresian, teresina, terete, tereus, terf, terfel, tergal, tergite

Terete, long and round; same as cylindrical, only it may taper.

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
Spikelets many-flowered, terete, clustered or solitary, axillary and terminal.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray
Spikelets ovoid, terete, the numerous scales all alike and regularly imbricated, each with a perfect flower.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray
Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray

The grain is fusiform, terete and within the nut-like polished hardened glume.

A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar

terete

/ (ˈtɛriːt) /

(esp of plant parts) smooth and usually cylindrical and tapering

C17: from Latin teres smooth, from terere to rub