incrassate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
adjective
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biology thickened or swollen
incrassate cell walls
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obsolete fattened or swollen
verb
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Origin of incrassate
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin incrassātus, past participle of incrassāre “to fatten, make thick,” derivative of crassus “thick, dense, stout, heavy, deep, opaque”; see in- 2, crass, -ate 1
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The node of the petiole incrassate, very slightly elevated; viewed sideways, broadly wedge-shaped; the abdomen ovate.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
How far the coagulating principle operateth in generation is evident from eggs wch will never incrassate without it.
From Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 by Bodemer, Charles W.
Thorax: the anterior margin slightly rounded with the lateral angles very acute; the femora very thickly incrassate in the middle; the apex of the tibiæ ferruginous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Closely resembling the female, but with the legs black; the posterior femora incrassate, the tibiæ narrow at their base and broadly dilated at their apex, which, as well as the calcaria, are pale testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Very closely resembling the female, but rather smaller; the anterior and intermediate femora more incrassate, and all the femora with a simple row of teeth or serrations on their inferior margins.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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