sulcate
[suhl-keyt]
- 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
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Differs from C. stenocoleus in sulcate pileus and umber stem.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Differs from M. corticola in narrow gills, and striate not sulcate pileus.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Differs from T. tigrinum in white gills and sulcate margin of pileus.
European Fungus Flora: AgaricaceaeGeorge Massee
Sporangium ovoid-oblong; the calyculus small, sulcate and ribbed, granulose.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan
Sporangium cylindric; the calyculus small, granulose, ribbed and sulcate.
The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, OhioA. P. Morgan
sulcate
- biology marked with longitudinal parallel groovessulcate stems
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Word Origin
C18: via Latin sulcātus from sulcāre to plough, from sulcus a furrow
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sulcate
(sŭl′kāt′)- Having narrow, deep grooves.
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