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pencillate

pencillate adjective: shaped like a pencil.

Adjective

pencillate (comparative more pencillate, superlative most pencillate)

  1. Shaped like a pencil.
    • pencillate cell
    • pencillate nucleus
    Synonyms:
    pencillated

Synonyms of pencillate

  • pencillated

Forms of pencillate

comparativemore pencillate
superlativemost pencillate

Origin of pencillate

From pencil + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about pencillate

What does pencillate mean?
Pencillate means shaped like a pencil.
What part of speech is pencillate?
Pencillate is an adjective.

Words near pencillate in the dictionary

  1. penciling
  2. penciling in
  3. penciling out
  4. pencilings
  5. pencill
  6. pencillate
  7. pencilled
  8. pencilled in
  9. pencilled out
  10. penciller
  11. pencillers

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