different between aborted vs pointlet

English

From abort +? -ed.

aborted (not comparable)

Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
- 1855, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals
  The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state.

aborted

point +? -let

pointlet (plural pointlets)

(botany) An extension of the rachis past the last leaf pair in a paripinnate leaf that usually represent an aborted leaf.

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