septate

[ sep-teyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. divided by a septum or septa.

septate

/ ˈsɛpteɪt /

adjective

1. divided by septa

   a septate plant ovary

Other Words From

• multi·septate adjective
• non·septate adjective
• pseudo·multi·septate adjective
• sub·septate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of septate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of septate¹

C19: from New Latin septātus having a septum

Example Sentences

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

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The spores (fig. 19 a) are spindle-shaped, and from four-to seven-septate.

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Frustules quadrangular, concatenate, composed of numerous septate partitions with transverse cost or rows of puncta.

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Sometimes the spores are simple, in other cases septate, and in Sporochisma are at first produced in an investing cell.

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In Dactylium, the threads are branched, but the spores are collected in clusters usually, and are moreover septate.

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