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† diˈstractile, a. Obs.
[f. L. distract-, ppl. stem of distrahĕre to pull asunder + -ile; cf. mod.F. distractile in Bot. (Littré).]
Capable of being drawn asunder or stretched, extensible; of or relating to stretching. (Cf. contractile.) In Bot. applied by Richard to anthers in which the cells are separated by a very long and narrow connective.
1709F. Hauksbee Phys. Mech. Exp. v. (ed. 2) 117 These distractile Tubes will be..compress'd by that incumbent Weight. 1726Monro Anat. Nerves (1741) 36 Muscular Fibres are distractile, or capable of being stretched. 1747Langrish Muscular Motion i. §31 in Phil. Trans. XLIV., This distractile Power must..be the Occasion of some Degree of Tension in them. 1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 343 In Salvia..the connective has been called by Richard distractile. |