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vesiculate

American

[vuh-sik-yuh-lit, -leyt, vuh-sik-yuh-leyt] / vəˈsɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, vəˈsɪk yəˌleɪt /

adjective

characterized by or covered with vesicles.
of the nature of a vesicle.

verb (used with or without object)

vesiculated, vesiculating

to make or become vesicular.

vesiculate British

verb

to make (an organ or part) vesicular or (of an organ or part) to become vesicular

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adjective

containing, resembling, or characterized by a vesicle or vesicles

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Other Word Forms

unvesiculated adjective
vesiculation noun

Etymology

Origin of vesiculate

1820–30; < New Latin vēsīculātus, equivalent to Latin vēsīcul ( a ) vesicle + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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The seed-pods are long, smooth, somewhat vesiculate, and terminate in a short spur, or beak.

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