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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

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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 ● Feb. 28, 2011

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 The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

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