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

See Examples For:

sulcate

P. 7-10 cm. expanded, margin at first involute, sulcate and rugulose, viscid, whitish then tinged rufous; g. narrow rufescent; s. 5-8 cm. pale, apex squamulose; sp. subg. 5-6. militare, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 3-4 cm. viscid, even, edge becoming sulcate, yellow then pale, disc darker and subdepr.; g. subadnate, yellow then livid fuscous; s. 4-5 cm. narrowed upwards, yellowish, at first flocculose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 2-2.5 cm. umb. sulcate, pruinose, opaque; g. emarginate; s. 4-5 cm. slightly striate, opaque, dry; sp. ——. alcalina, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. depr., edge sulcate and tuberculose, brownish bay; gills clear ochre; s. white; taste mild.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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