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foveolate

foveolate adjective: having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

Adjective

foveolate (comparative more foveolate, superlative most foveolate)

  1. Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

Forms of foveolate

comparativemore foveolate
superlativemost foveolate

Origin of foveolate

Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from foveolate

Questions about foveolate

What does foveolate mean?
Foveolate means having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
What part of speech is foveolate?
Foveolate is an adjective.

Words near foveolate in the dictionary

  1. foveocanaliculate
  2. foveola
  3. foveolae
  4. foveolar
  5. foveolas
  6. foveolate
  7. foveolated
  8. foveolately
  9. foveole
  10. foveoles
  11. foveolet

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