sulcate

[ suhl-keyt ]

adjective

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

sulcate

/ ˈsʌlkeɪt /

adjective

1. biology marked with longitudinal parallel grooves

   sulcate stems

Derived Forms

• sulˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• sul·cation noun
• multi·sulcate adjective
• multi·sulcat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulcate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulcate¹

C18: via Latin sulcātus from sulcāre to plough, from sulcus a furrow

Example Sentences

Mouth conical, beaked, strongly sulcate, seated on a depressed zone.

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Six marginal spines of equal size and at equal distances, triangular, sulcate, half as long as the radius.

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Sheaths conical, sulcate, half as broad on the serrate distal end as on the base.

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The pileus is pulvinate-ungulate, much dilated, deeply sulcate; cinnamon, then brown or blackish; very much cracked or rimose.

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The plant is reddish-brown and it differs from other species "with sulcate mouths, in its closely sessile endoperidium."

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