sulcate

[ suhl-keyt ]

/ ˈsʌl keɪt /

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adjective

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

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Sometimes sul·cat·ed .

Origin of sulcate

First recorded in 1750–60, sulcate is from the Latin word sulcātus (past participle of sulcāre to plow). See sulcus, -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sulcate

sul·ca·tion, nounmul·ti·sul·cate, adjectivemul·ti·sul·cat·ed, adjective

Words nearby sulcate

Sukkoth, Sukkur, sukuk, Sukuma, Sulawesi, sulcate, sulcus, Suleiman I, sulf-, sulfa, sulfadiazine

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How to use sulcate in a sentence

Mouth conical, beaked, strongly sulcate, seated on a depressed zone.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
Six marginal spines of equal size and at equal distances, triangular, sulcate, half as long as the radius.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel
Sheaths conical, sulcate, half as broad on the serrate distal end as on the base.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel
The pileus is pulvinate-ungulate, much dilated, deeply sulcate; cinnamon, then brown or blackish; very much cracked or rimose.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

The plant is reddish-brown and it differs from other species "with sulcate mouths, in its closely sessile endoperidium."
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for sulcate

sulcate

/ (ˈsʌlkeɪt) /

adjective

biology marked with longitudinal parallel groovessulcate stems

Derived forms of sulcate

sulcation, noun

Word Origin for sulcate

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

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