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

P. 1.5-2 cm. campan.-convex, obtuse, fibrillosely scaly, violet; g. violet, edge darker, entire; s. 2-3 cm. violet, not black punctate; sp. rough, 10 � 7-8.

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)

Superficial, usually epidermal, linear or punctate loss of tissue; as, for example, ordinary scratch-marks.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. plano-depr. even, shining, black then smoky, glabrous but innately fibrillosely virgate; g. adnate, entirely whitish; s. 3-5 cm. blackish brown, black punctate upwards; sp. rough, 10 � 7.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

At the period of maturity, the epispore is a slightly thickened, resistant membrane, of a yellowish-brown colour, and finely punctate.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Related Words

• flecked
• mottled
• sprinkled