explanate

[ eks-pluh-neyt, eks-pley-neyt ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. flattened; spread out.

Word History and Origins

Origin of explanate¹

1840–50; < Latin explānātus, past participle of explānāre to explain; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

It finishes its growth in the fall when it has become explanate and horizontal, depressed above and with a thin margin.

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