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septate

American  
[sep-teyt] / ˈsɛp teɪt /

adjective

Biology.
  1. divided by a septum or septa.


septate British  
/ ˈsɛpteɪt /

adjective

  1. divided by septa

    a septate plant ovary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of septate

First recorded in 1840–50; sept(um) + -ate 1

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In Discosia there is a single oblique bristle at each end, or at the side of the septate spores, whilst in Neottiospora a tuft of delicate hairs is found at one extremity only.

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

Eumycetes, or Higher Fungi, a common name for those Fungi which possess a septate mycelium.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Other species contain linear sporidia, which are often the length of the ascus, and may either be simple or septate.

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

The nucleus is always lodged in the endoplasm, and, in the septate forms, in the deutomeritic half of the body.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

In Coleosporium there are two kinds of spores, one kind consisting of pulverulent single cells, and the other of elongated septate cells, which break up into obovate joints.

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

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