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corticating

corticating adjective: forming a cortex.

Adjective

corticating (not comparable)

  1. Forming a cortex.
    • This corticating cell divides rapidly to form a further outer layer of 2-4 corticating cells and in many cases cuts off anteriorly a darkly staining incipient tetrasporangial initial.1982, Australian Journal of Botany, volume 30, page 333

Questions about corticating

What does corticating mean?
Corticating means forming a cortex.
What part of speech is corticating?
Corticating is an adjective.

Words near corticating in the dictionary

  1. corticalized
  2. cortically
  3. corticate
  4. corticated
  5. corticates
  6. corticating
  7. corticectomies
  8. corticectomy
  9. corticene
  10. cortices
  11. corticiaceous

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