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explanate

explanate adjective: flat; flattened.

Adjective

explanate (comparative more explanate, superlative most explanate)

  1. Flat; flattened.
    • […]it has been transformed, except in a few taxa where lobules are always explanate, into a galeate water-sac, which is formed wholly from the lobule, with the external surface from the adaxial leaf surface.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4

Antonyms of explanate

Forms of explanate

comparativemore explanate
superlativemost explanate

Origin of explanate

From Latin explanatus (“flattened”).

Questions about explanate

What does explanate mean?
Explanate means flat; flattened.
What part of speech is explanate?
Explanate is an adjective.

Words near explanate in the dictionary

  1. explananda
  2. explanandum
  3. explanans
  4. explanantia
  5. explanary
  6. explanate
  7. explanated
  8. explanation
  9. explanationism
  10. explanationist
  11. explanationists

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