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| | INTERCALARY - LoveToKnow Article on INTERCALARY |
 | | In botany, the term is used of growth which is not apical but somewhere between the apex and base of an organ, such as the growth in length of an Iris leaf, or of the internode of a grass-haulm. |
 | | From the meaning of something inserted or placed between, intercalary is used for something which interrupts a series, or comes between two types. |
 | | The intercolumniations of the columns of the Ionic Order are greater, averaging 2 diameters, but then the relative proportion of height to diameter in the column has tc be taken into account, as also the width of the peristyle. |
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