sulcate

American  

[suhl-keyt] / ˈsʌl keɪt /

Sometimes sulcated

adjective

1. having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.

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sulcate British  

/ ˈsʌlkeɪt /

adjective

1. biology marked with longitudinal parallel grooves

   sulcate stems

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Other Word Forms

• sulcation
  noun
• multisulcate
  adjective
• multisulcated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of sulcate

First recorded in 1750–60, sulcate is from the Latin word sulcātus (past participle of sulcāre to plow). See sulcus, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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sulcate

P. exp. sulcate, viscid; g. white with a very narrow black edge; s. tall, striate, glabrous. rubromarginata, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-6 mm. obtuse, umbil. sulcate, blackish, brown, grey, &c.; g. adnate, broad; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. whitish, campan. umb. sulcate, softly granulato-squamulose; g. closely crowded, tinged rosy; s. slender, elongated, base thickened. cepaestipes, Sow.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 5-12 cm. exp. cinnamon or with a pink tinge, dry, granulose or floccose, margin remotely sulcate; g. with decurrent line down stem, crowded; s. 5-8 cm., white, mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. very thin, exp. flocculose, sulcate, yellow; g. free, narrow, subochraceous; s. narrowed, mealy, yellowish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George