a. [ad. L. equitant-em, pr. pple. of equitāre to ride, f. equit-em (nom. eques) horseman, f. equus horse.]
† 1. Riding on horseback. Obs.–0
1840. in Smart.
2. (See quot. 1880.)
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 260. Crocus leaves are not equitant.
1880. Gray, Struct. Bot., iv. 136. Equitant, where leaves override, the older successively astride the next younger.
