areolate
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Veins areolate; fertile fronds taller, twelve to twenty inches high with narrowly linear divisions, the areoles and fruit-dots in a single row each side of the secondary midrib, the latter sunk in the tissues.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry
The skin on the flanks, especially the axilla, is areolate.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
Skin of dorsal surfaces of head, body, and limbs faintly areolate; skin of chin, belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular, that of ventral surfaces of limbs, except thighs, areolate; thoracic fold absent.
From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by Duellman, William E.
This species is well designated rugosum, and is recognizable at sight by its wrinkled, areolate surface.
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)
Three types of spores may be said to prevail in the Tuberacei: the smooth spored, the warted or spinulose, and the areolate.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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