zonate

American  

[zoh-neyt] / ˈzoʊ neɪt /

Often zonated

adjective

1. marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.

2. arranged in zones.

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zonate British  

/ ˈzəʊneɪt /

adjective

1. marked with, divided into, or arranged in zones

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Other Word Forms

• nonzonate adjective
• nonzonated adjective

Etymology

Origin of zonate

First recorded in 1795–1805; zone + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The surface of the cap is marked with a series of concentric zones of darker shade, as will be seen in Figure 130 especially on the margin; sometimes spotted, becoming paler and less distinctly zonate with age or in drying.

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Pileus thin, convex, then expanded or slightly depressed; dingy-white, cracked in areas or concentrically rivulose, sometimes obscurely zonate; odor farinaceous, taste bitter.

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The pileus is rather convex, corky, rough, slightly zonate, reddish-brown, unicolorous, somewhat of a rust-red within.

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Pileus is coriaceous, plane, villous, zonate, grayish; hymenium, smooth, pale-red.

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Polyporus leucophæus Mont., is said to differ from this species in being more strongly zonate, and in the crust being whitish instead of reddish brown.

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