lineolate
[ lin-ee-uh-leyt ]
adjectiveZoology, Botany.
marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
Origin of lineolate
1- Also lin·e·o·lat·ed [lin-ee-uh-ley-tid] /ˈlɪn i əˌleɪ tɪd/ .
Words Nearby lineolate
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How to use lineolate in a sentence
Grain is globose reddish brown, minutely and obscurely lineolate.
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British Dictionary definitions for lineolate
lineolate
lineolated
/ (ˈlɪnɪəˌleɪt) /
adjectivebiology
marked with very fine parallel lines
Origin of lineolate
1C19: from Latin līneola, diminutive of līnea line 1
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