pulvinated
- a variation of pulvinate.
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The movements of pulvinated cotyledons are generally larger in extent than those without a pulvinus; nevertheless some of the latter moved through an angle of 90o.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
For example, one immediately notes the mutulary Doric cornice and frieze along the sides, and the pulvinated Ionic entablature across the chancel gable above the Palladian window.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
The first floor hall at Mount Pleasant presents the interesting combination of a pulvinated Ionic pediment with a mutulary Doric cornice and frieze about the ceiling.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank
In another natural genus, Oxalis, the cotyledons of O. Valdiviana, rosea, floribunda, articulata, and sensitiva are pulvinated, and all move at night into an upward or downward vertical position.
From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles
