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clavellate

clavellate adjective: minutely clavate; shaped like a little club.

Adjective

clavellate (comparative more clavellate, superlative most clavellate)

  1. Minutely clavate; shaped like a little club.

Forms of clavellate

comparativemore clavellate
superlativemost clavellate

Origin of clavellate

Borrowed from New Latin clāvellātus, from clāvella (diminutive of clāva (“club”)) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about clavellate

What does clavellate mean?
Clavellate means minutely clavate; shaped like a little club.
What part of speech is clavellate?
Clavellate is an adjective.

Words near clavellate in the dictionary

  1. clavelinid
  2. clavelinids
  3. clavelins
  4. clavelization
  5. Clavell
  6. clavellate
  7. clavellated
  8. clavellated ashes
  9. Clavels
  10. claver
  11. Claverdon

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