clavate

[ kley-veyt ]

/ ˈkleɪ veɪt /

adjective

club-shaped; claviform.

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Origin of clavate

1655–65; < New Latin clāvātus, equivalent to Late Latin clāv(a) club + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM clavate

cla·vate·ly, adverb

Words nearby clavate

claustrophobic, claustrum, clausula, clava, clavacin, clavate, clave, claver, clavicembalo, clavichord, clavicle

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Example sentences from the Web for clavate

This species has, however, a type of aristiforms unique in the genus—the clavate type.
Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats|Joo Moojen
Some of the species are simple, elongate and clavate bodies.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson
They are not globular on the end, as the clavate hairs, but have "saw-like" edge.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology: Volume 6, Number 4, December 1914|Various
Clavate aristiforms occur in the most spiny species of the related genus Echimys.
Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats|Joo Moojen

Sporangia densely crowded or cespitose, sub-sessile or short stipitate, clavate, 1–1.5 mm.
The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

British Dictionary definitions for clavate

clavate

claviform (ˈklævɪfɔːm)

/ (ˈkleɪveɪt, -vɪt) /

adjective

shaped like a club with the thicker end uppermost

Derived forms of clavate

clavately, adverb

Word Origin for clavate

C19: from Latin clāva club

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