A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

texens,-entis (part.B): weaving, plaiting, constructing [> L. texo (contexo), texere, -ui, textum, 3. 'to weave into a fabric, to plait together, intertwine, to construct, put together;’ cf. contexens,-entis (part.B), intertexens,-entis (part.B)].

NOTE: not to be confused with tegens,-entis (part.B): covering, concealing.

texendus,-a,-um (adj.A; gerundive): weaving, plaiting;

- Нujusce feminae folium varios expetuntur usus, Fabri sellarii ad vulgares sellas texendas (Mich.), of this [i.e. Cyperoides], they seek after the leaf of the female [i.e.plant] for various uses, the chair-makers for plaiting common [i.e. simple, plain] chairs [i.e. seats].

texunt: third-person plural present active indicative: they weave, construct.

- partibus vetustis in caespites arcte texentibus, with the old parts densely weaving into sods.

- pericarpio fibroso, fibris in vittas latas anastomosantes contextis (B&H), with a fibrous pericarpium, with fibers woven together into broad anastomosing bands.

- fibris vittas latas texentibus, with the fibers constructing broad bands.