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

• multisulcate adjective
• multisulcated adjective
• sulcation noun

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

Flowers very small, on shorter pedicels; achene very dull and roughish, the sides sulcate.—An occasional escape from cultivation.

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

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Sporangium cylindric; the calyculus small, granulose, ribbed and sulcate.

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This species is very near M. rotula but it can be easily distinguished by the pale rufescent, distinctly sulcate pileus, and its growing on grass.

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In the original description the stem is said to be "striate sulcate."

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