COLLATERAL

adj. Ko2l-a2t'e2r-a2l. Lat., collateral is. Fr., collateral. Ger., seitlich. It., collate rale..Sp., colateral. 1. Placed side by side; said of vegetable organs thus arranged, such as the two ovules of an ovary; or stipules; of the ovaries of the Coniferce, which are on the same horizontal line: also of ve els or nerves. [B, 19, 121 (a, 24); L.] 2. Subsidiary, auxiliary, confirmatory. [s. 344]