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- Dictionarylateral/ˈlat(ə)rəl/
adjective
- 1. of, at, towards, or from the side or sides: "the plant takes up water through its lateral roots" Similar
- 2. involving lateral thinking: British "he's very creative in a lateral way" Similar
noun
- 1. a side part of something, especially a shoot or branch growing out from the side of a stem: "cut back all the laterals to within two buds of the main stem"
- 2. a lateral consonant.
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