punctate

American  

[puhngk-teyt] / ˈpʌŋk teɪt /

Also punctated

adjective

1. marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.

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punctate British  

/ ˈpʌŋkteɪt /

adjective

1. having or marked with minute spots, holes, or depressions

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Other Word Forms

• punctation noun
• unpunctate adjective
• unpunctated adjective

Etymology

Origin of punctate

1750–60; < New Latin pūnctātus dotted, equivalent to Latin pūnct ( um ) point, dot + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

All three shell specimens are edge-incised, and two have punctate designs.

From A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 by Massey, William C.

P. 2-3 cm. convex, subumb. not striate, flocculose then squamulose, dark violet; g. greyish-white, edge rather paler; s. 3-5 cm. blue, not punctate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Texture.—Succulent, fleshy; scarious, dry and chaffy; punctate, having translucent glands, so that the leaf appears, when held toward the light, as though full of holes; membranous, thin, soft, and rather translucent; thick, thin, etc.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

P. globoso-campan. umbil. punctate, pale chestnut, edge incurved, rather lobed; g. rather crisped, cinnamon; s. 5-7 cm. silky fibrillose, white; sp. 10-11 � 6. scolecina, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-5 cm. convex then plane, viscid, rosy, punctate with brown warts, striate; g. yellowish, edge often reddish; s. 2-3 cm. coloured like p. base whitish; sp. 8-9. var. leucopus, Cke.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Related Words

• flecked
• mottled
• sprinkled