annulate

American  

[an-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈæn yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also annulated

adjective

1. formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.

2. having rings or ringlike bands.

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annulate British  

/ -ˌleɪt, ˈænjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. having, composed of, or marked with rings

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Other Word Forms

• annulated adjective
• annulation noun

Etymology

Origin of annulate

1820–30; < Latin annulātus, variant of ānulātus ringed, equivalent to ānul ( us ) ring + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The gills are broad and free from the stem, sometimes anastomosing near it, white; stem white, hollow, tapering towards the cap, annulate.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

It is highly contractile and when contracted sometimes assumes an annulate appearance; but as a rule the external surface is smooth.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

This species is recognizable at once by its regular, uniform, depressed, annulate or pitted sporangia, scattered evenly over the habitat of rotten leaves or wood.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Surface of zoœcia minutely roughened, distinctly annulate on the distal part tanganyik�, p. 225.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson