adjective
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architect (of a frieze) curved convexly; having a swelling
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botany
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shaped like a cushion
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(of a leafstalk) having a pulvinus
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Etymology
Origin of pulvinate
1815–25; < Latin pulvīnātus cushioned, equivalent to pulvīn ( us ) cushion + -ātus -ate 1
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Reticularia Splendens, Morg. n. sp. �thalium pulvinate, circular or more or less elongated and irregular, seated on a conspicuous silvery hypothallus; the surface naked, bright umber, smooth and shining.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Aethalium very large, pulvinate, orbicular, elongated, or quite irregular, extremely friable, the surface tawny or ferruginous to ochraceous and whitish.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
P. pulvinate, rather wavy, glabrous, whitish, disc tinged flesh-colour; g. decur. crowded, white; s. very short, solid, hard.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
The most common plants on the Khak-i-Sofaid pass are two or three of the small pulvinate Statices, Senecionoides glaucescens.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
Patouillard claims that Hypoxylon melanaspis has same spores and structure, and is the pulvinate form of Camillea Leprieurii.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
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