tuberculate

American  

[too-bur-kyuh-lit, -leyt, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, tyʊ- /

adjective

1. Also tuberculated, having tubercles.

2. tubercular.

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tuberculate British  

/ tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. covered with tubercles

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Other Word Forms

• tuberculately adverb
• tuberculation noun

Etymology

Origin of tuberculate

1775–85; < New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Their outer surfaces are tuberculate; internally they commonly have a radiate fibrous structure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

It is somewhat viscid when moist, and the margin is very thin and strongly striate and tuberculate, i. e., the ridges between the marginal furrows are tuberculate.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

C. Gillet, 7 shades: White; pink; ochraceous; yellow; ferruginous; black or purplish black; round, ovate, elongated, or fusiform, smooth, tuberculate or irregular, simple or composite, transparent or nebulous, etc.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Specimens of H. g. gulonella collected in the Arkansas River at Pueblo and Florence, Colorado, on September 7, 1959, include some tuberculate males, although most females are spent.

From Geographic Variation in the North American Cyprinid Fish, Hybopsis gracilis by Cross, Frank B.

The spores are tawny in mass, oval, elliptical, minutely tuberculate when mature, 6–9 × 4–6 µ.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis