applanate

American  

[ap-luh-neyt, a-pley-neyt] / ˈæp ləˌneɪt, æˈpleɪ neɪt /

adjective

Biology.

1. having a horizontally flattened form.

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Etymology

Origin of applanate

< New Latin applānātus flattened; see ap- ¹, planate

Example Sentences

Plasmodiocarp long and widely effused, anon winding, here and there reticulate, always applanate; sometimes in form an �thalium, the peridial cortex membranous, firm, thick, and white.

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)