appendiculate

American

[ap-uhn-dik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˌæp ənˈdɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

having appendages.
forming an appendage or appendicle.

Etymology

Origin of appendiculate

1825–35; < Latin appendicul ( a ) appendicle + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.

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Appendiculate leaf, a small appended leaf.

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P. exp. umb. white, shining, covered with reddish scales, umbo smooth, edge appendiculate; g. white, edge denticulate; s. fibrillose, white, shining, ring ample. clypeolaria, Bull. 5-8 cm. campan., at first incrusted, umb. tawny, remainder with brownish scales; g. free; s. 6-8 cm., fibrillosely squamulose up to ring, striate above; sp.

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Gills free; veil appendiculate; volva and ring absent.

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P. convex, umb. viscid, yellowish-tan, appendiculate; g. adnato-decur. flesh-colour; s. slender, wavy, whitish, with a fibrillose cinnamon veil, base bulbous, volva torn at free edge. acetabulosa, Sacc.

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