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bullate

bullate adjective: resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.

Adjective

bullate (comparative more bullate, superlative most bullate)

  1. Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
  2. Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.
  3. Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.

Noun

bullate (plural bullates)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A kind of metal, bullet-iron.
    • They [the Tartar] […] preferre brasse and steele before other mettals specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.1591, Giles Fletcher, Of the Russe common wealth

bullate meaning in Tamil

bullate in Tamil

கொப்புளம் கொண்ட, சுரிப்புக்கொண்ட, குமிழி போன்ற, குமிழ் வடிவான, உப்பிய

Forms of bullate

Adjective
comparativemore bullate
superlativemost bullate
Noun
pluralbullates

Origin of bullate

Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about bullate

What does bullate mean?
Bullate means resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
What is bullate in Tamil?
Bullate in Tamil is கொப்புளம் கொண்ட, சுரிப்புக்கொண்ட, குமிழி போன்ற. See Bullate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bullate?
Bullate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bullate in the dictionary

  1. bullary
  2. bullas
  3. bullatacin
  4. Bullatale
  5. bullatanocin
  6. bullate
  7. bullated
  8. bullately
  9. bullatine
  10. bullatines
  11. bullation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bullate (page history and authors); bullate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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