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laticostate

laticostate adjective: having broad ribs.

Adjective

laticostate (comparative more laticostate, superlative most laticostate)

  1. (especially, rare) Having broad ribs.
    • However, plants from Europe have a laticostate seed surface, while those from Asia are observed to have two types of seed coats (laticostate and tenuicostate), […]2009, S. B. Gontcharova, A. A. Gontcharov, V. V. Yakubov, K. Kondo, “Seed surface morphology in some representatives of the genus Rhodiola sect. Rhodiola (Crassulaceae) in the Russian Far East”, in...
    • Seed micromorphology:—Seed coat is laticostate. Epidermal cells are elliptical to irregularly pentagonal. Cell walls are thickened mostly at the corners, the boundaries are raised […]2018, B Özüdoğru, “Phylogenetic position, taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of the rare and poorly-known Noccaea rosularis, the generic type of Masmenia …”, in Phytotaxa

Forms of laticostate

comparativemore laticostate
superlativemost laticostate

Origin of laticostate

From Latin lātus (“broad”) + costate, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about laticostate

What does laticostate mean?
Laticostate means having broad ribs.
What part of speech is laticostate?
Laticostate is an adjective.

Words near laticostate in the dictionary

  1. laticifer
  2. laticiferous
  3. laticifers
  4. laticlave
  5. laticlaves
  6. laticostate
  7. Latics
  8. latid
  9. latids
  10. Latif
  11. Latifa

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