premorse

From Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordere (“to bite off”), from prae (“before”) + mordere (“to bite”).

premorse (not comparable)

1. (archaic, botany) Terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off.

   premorse roots

• “premorse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• emperors