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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terete \Te*rete"\, a. [L. teres, -etis, rounded off properly,
rubbed off fr terere to rub.]
Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of
plants.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
terete
adj : (botany) especially of plant parts cylindrical and tapering
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