vesiculate

[vuh-sik-yuh-lit, -leyt, vuh-sik-yuh-leyt]

adjective

1. characterized by or covered with vesicles.

2. of the nature of a vesicle.

verb (used with or without object)

vesiculated, vesiculating 

1. to make or become vesicular.

vesiculate

verb

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

adjective

1. containing, resembling, or characterized by a vesicle or vesicles

Other Word Forms

• vesiculation noun
• unvesiculated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vesiculate¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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