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costellate

costellate adjective: finely ribbed or costate.

Adjective

costellate (comparative more costellate, superlative most costellate)

  1. Finely ribbed or costate.

Forms of costellate

comparativemore costellate
superlativemost costellate

Origin of costellate

Borrowed from New Latin costellātus, from costella (“small rib”) + -ātus, from costa (“rib”) + -ella (forms diminutives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from costellate

Questions about costellate

What does costellate mean?
Costellate means finely ribbed or costate.
What part of speech is costellate?
Costellate is an adjective.

Words near costellate in the dictionary

  1. costee
  2. costees
  3. Costeff syndrome
  4. costellariid
  5. costellariids
  6. costellate
  7. costellated
  8. Costello
  9. Costello syndrome
  10. Costelloe
  11. Costellos

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