sulcate

American  

[suhl-kayt] / 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

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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

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Example Sentences

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sulcate

P. obtuse, sulcate, with glutinous mealy flecks; g. attached to ring behind, s. floccose, bulbous.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex then plane, obtuse, slightly hairy, not sulcate, white tinged fuscous; g. very broad, shining white; s. apex hollow, solid below and slightly thickened.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. spathulato-flabelliform, rigid, coriaceous, concentrically sulcate, radiately rugose, dingy brick-red; g. crowded, paler than p., edge brownish; s. expanding into pileus, apex virgate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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 George Massee

P. thin, campan. then exp. naked, pectinately sulcate, maroon or brownish; g. annulato-adnexed; s. ventricose, volva large, lax. lenticularis, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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