bullate

American  

[bool-eyt, -it, buhl-] / ˈbʊl eɪt, -ɪt, ˈbʌl- /

adjective

1. having the surface covered with irregular and slight elevations, giving a blistered appearance.

2. Anatomy. inflated; vaulted.

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bullate British  

/ ˈbʊl-, -ɪt, ˈbʌleɪt /

adjective

1. botany anatomy puckered or blistered in appearance

   the bullate leaves of the primrose

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Etymology

Origin of bullate

From the Latin word bullātus, dating back to 1810–20. See bulla, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The species name speaks to its bullate leaves, referring to their distinctive blistered or pebbled surface.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Filamentary appendages, none: labrum, with the upper part highly bullate: trophi, various: olfactory orifices, more or less prominent: caudal appendages, uniarticulate and spinose, or none.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

P. 5-8 cm. olivaceous, campan. exp. bullate, wavy, innately velvety; g. olive then brownish tan; s. 5-8 cm. solid, base thickened, pale olive, veil forming a fuscous zone; sp. 10-11 � 8. subnotatus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-6 cm. bullate then plane, subumbil. wavy, glabrous, livid, fuscous then shining; g. nearly free, entire, transversely ribbed, pallid; s. 4-5 cm. deformed, substriate, grey, apex with white squamules; sp. rough, 12-14 � 8-11.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Mouth.—Labrum highly bullate; crest with not very minute, blunt teeth, which towards the middle lie closer and closer to each other, so as to touch.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles