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appendiculate

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

adjective

Botany, Zoology.
  1. having appendages.

  2. forming an appendage or appendicle.


Etymology

Origin of appendiculate

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

Example Sentences

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This sometimes remains for a time on the margin of the cap when it is said to be appendiculate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. 3-5 cm. thin, conico-convex, obtusely gibbous, velvety-villose, dingy white or yellowish, edge appendiculate; g. lanceolate, whitish then fuscous; s. 4-7 cm. with a separate pith which disappears, then hollow, almost glabrous; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The stem is three to four inches long, solid, hard, bulbous at the base, fibrillose, white or whitish; veil apical, ring fugacious, appendiculate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The large appendiculate cell seems, however, to yield to its consort a portion of the plasma it contains.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

P. 3-5 cm. exp. fibrillosely silky, dingy yellow; g. adnate, pale yellow rusty olive; s. 4-5 cm. equal, variegated with rusty wart-like scales; veil forming a ring and appendiculate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George