unicostate

[ yoo-ni-kos-teyt, -kaw-steyt ]

/ ˌyu nɪˈkɒs teɪt, -ˈkɔ steɪt /

adjective

having only one costa, rib, or ridge.

Botany. (of a leaf) having only one primary or prominent rib, the midrib.

Words nearby unicostate

unicolour, unicorn, unicorn plant, unicorn uterus, unicornous, unicostate, unicuspid, unicycle, unidentified, unidimensional, unidirectional

Origin of unicostate

First recorded in 1840–50; uni- + costate

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British Dictionary definitions for unicostate

unicostate

/ (ˌjuːnɪˈkɒsteɪt) /

adjective

biology having only one rib or riblike partunicostate leaves

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