tuberculate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of tuberculate
1775–85; < New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ātus -ate 1
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Their shape, almost always spherical in the young plant, becomes ovate, ellipsoidal, fusiform, reniform, smooth, stellate, sometimes tuberculate, or remains globose.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Many coarse hairs unite to form coarse tufts which are stouter and nearly erect toward the base of the cap, and give the surface a tuberculate appearance.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
Specimens from the White River in South Dakota, collected on July 7, 1934, include tuberculate males.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
Skin on dorsal surfaces finely tuberculate; that on throat, chest, belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular, that on ventral surfaces of arms and shanks smooth.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman
Specimens from the Peace River, collected on August 10, 1952, include females that were mostly spent and tuberculate males.
From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Frank B. Cross
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