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sorediate

sorediate adjective: pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.

Adjective

sorediate (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.
    • a sorediate lichen
    • […] smooth and shiny with large soralia (actually, fruiting warts that have become sorediate and are rarely fertile) […]2001, Irwin M. Brodo, Stephen Sharnoff, Sylvia Duran Sharnoff, Lichens of North America, page 527
    Synonyms:
    sorediferous

Synonyms of sorediate

Origin of sorediate

From soredium + -ate.

Words formed from sorediate

Questions about sorediate

What does sorediate mean?
Sorediate means pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.
What part of speech is sorediate?
Sorediate is an adjective.

Words near sorediate in the dictionary

  1. sored
  2. sorede
  3. soredes
  4. soredia
  5. soredial
  6. sorediate
  7. sorediferous
  8. sorediiferous
  9. soredioid
  10. sorediose
  11. soredium

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