1656 Blount Glossogr.,*Latifolious.
1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 581/1The latifolious, or everlasting pea.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud.Ep. iii. xxv. 172Yet have they a knowne and open disadvantage from an other, which is not common unto any singing bird wee know, that is a flat bill: For no *Latirostrous animal..were ever commended for their note.
1650 Ibid. v. i. 234Latirostrous or flat bild birdes.
1877 A. W. Bennett tr. Thomé'sBot. 413The silicula is said to be angustisept..or *latisept.
1959 A. R. Clapham et al. Excursion FloraBrit. Isles 555*Latiseptate. Of a fr with the septum across the widest diameter. [ uit]
1880 Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y. ) XII. 324They have a sternum, and are therefore sometimes called *latisternal apes. [ anthropoid apes]
lati-
combining form
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from latus — more at latitude
: wide : broad
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