organs that through selection can dessicate or be ill-formed as if starved, yet are perfectly healthy and are adapted to deal with environmental stress
• (a.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. • (v. t. & i.) To make poor; to impoverish.
A weak plant or one imperfectly developed.
starved or stunted, describing small plants or plant communities that are growing under unfavorable conditions
starved or stunted, describing small plants or plant communities that are growing under unfavorable conditions
De·pau'per·ate transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Depauperated ; present participle & verbal noun Depauperating .] [ Late Latin depauperatus , past participle depauperare to impoverish; Latin de- + ...
Applied to a plant or part that is less perfectly developed than usual or normal; also said of very small members of a genus or family.
organs that through selection can dessicate or be ill-formed as if starved, yet are perfectly healthy and are adapted to deal with environmental stress
poorly or imperfectly developed.