Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAP'RE-O-LATE
CAP'RE-O-LATE, a. [L. capreolus, a tendril, properly a shoot, from the root of capra, a goat.]
In botany, having tendrils, or filiform spiral claspers, by which plants fasten themselves to other bodies, as in vines, peas, &c. – Harris. Martyn.
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