Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
a. (L. equitare, to ride) overlapping; said of leaves whose bases overlap the leaves within or above them, as in the Iris.
In orchids, having all the leaves arranged flat in one plane; specifically refers to a type of Oncidium.
Folded around each other ; straddling.
leaves overlapping, but in 2 ranks
of a leaf, folded in half along the midline so that the adaxial surface disappears from view, and overlapping the edges of a similarly folded leaf on the opposite side of the stem (at least at the base).