Definition of "testae" [testae]

• Plural form of testa. (noun)

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• "At the same time, he chose young men of the equestrian order, and above five thousand robust young fellows from the common people, on purpose to learn various kinds of applause, called bombi, imbrices, and testae [585], which they were to practise in his favour, whenever he performed."
• "One point makes the above view more probable in Acropera than in other cases, viz. the presence of rudimentary placentae or testae, for"
• "I have looked at the seeds; I never saw in the British orchids nearly so many empty testae; but this goes for nothing, as unnatural conditions would account for it."