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clavulate

clavulate is the alternative form of clavate.

Meaning of clavate

Adjective

clavate (comparative more clavate, superlative most clavate)

  1. Resembling a club, becoming increasingly wide from the base to the distal end.
    • an organism with clavate antennae
    Synonyms:
    claviform, clubbed

Questions about clavulate

What is clavulate the alternative form of?
Clavulate is the alternative form of clavate.

Words near clavulate in the dictionary

  1. clavulanic
  2. clavulanic acid
  3. clavulariid
  4. clavulariids
  5. clavulas
  6. clavulate
  7. clavule
  8. clavules
  9. clavulone
  10. clavulones
  11. clavulæ

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