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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Soft at first, pulvinate, white, villous, zoneless; pores rotund, rather large, obtuse, white, then darker; anise-scented.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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 George Massee
The pileus is somewhat coriaceous, firm, pulvinate, villous.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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 A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
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 William Griffith
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