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premorse


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Premorse  \Pre*morse"\,  a.  [L.  praemorsus  p.  p.  of  praemordere 
  to  bite  off  prae  before  +  mordere  to  bite.] 
  Terminated  abruptly,  or  as  it  bitten  off 
 
  {Premorse  root}  or  {leaves}  (Bot.),  such  as  have  an  abrupt, 
  ragged,  and  irregular  termination,  as  if  bitten  off  short.