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urnigerate

urnigerate adjective: shaped like an urn with a stem.

Adjective

urnigerate (comparative more urnigerate, superlative most urnigerate)

  1. Shaped like an urn with a stem.
    • Its urnigerate basidia are not found in any of the Exobasidiaceae, but they do occur in the related Brachybasidiaceae.1975, RJ Bandoni, BN Johri, “Observations on the genus Exobasidiellum”, in Canadian Journal of Botany

Forms of urnigerate

comparativemore urnigerate
superlativemost urnigerate

Origin of urnigerate

From Latin urniger (“urn-bearing”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about urnigerate

What does urnigerate mean?
Urnigerate means shaped like an urn with a stem.
What part of speech is urnigerate?
Urnigerate is an adjective.

Words near urnigerate in the dictionary

  1. urnfield
  2. urnfields
  3. urnful
  4. urnfuls
  5. urniform
  6. urnigerate
  7. urning
  8. urningism
  9. urnings
  10. urnism
  11. urnless

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