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explanated

explanated is the alternative form of explanate.

Meaning of explanate

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

Forms of explanated

comparativemore explanated
superlativemost explanated

Questions about explanated

What is explanated the alternative form of?
Explanated is the alternative form of explanate.

Words near explanated in the dictionary

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

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