corticate

American

[kawr-ti-kit, -keyt] / ˈkɔr tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /

Also corticated

adjective

having a cortex.

corticate British

/ ˈkɔːtɪkɪt, ˈkɔːtɪˌkeɪtɪd, -ˌkeɪt /

adjective

(of plants, seeds, etc) having a bark, husk, or rind

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Other Word Forms

cortication noun

Etymology

Origin of corticate

1840–50; < Latin corticātus, equivalent to cortic- (stem of cortex ) cortex + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Four separate licensed, bonded physicians apparently testified that the Bavarian mystic Therese Neumann’s stigmata comprised corticate dermal structures that passed medially through both her hands.

From The New Yorker

Corticate, coated with bark or bark-like covering.

From Project Gutenberg

The fruit, almost spherical, is 2½ cm. in diameter, corticate, bearing at its base the persistent calyx; each of its 4 cells contains a seed.

From Project Gutenberg

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