lineolate

American

[lin-ee-uh-leyt] / ˈlɪn i əˌleɪt /

Also lineolated

adjective

Zoology, Botany.

marked with minute lines; finely lineate.

lineolate British

/ ˈlɪnɪəˌleɪt /

adjective

marked with very fine parallel lines

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Etymology

Origin of lineolate

1810–20; < Latin līneol ( a ) (diminutive of līnea line ¹ ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Grain is globose reddish brown, minutely and obscurely lineolate.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.

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