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applanate

[ ap-luh-neyt, a-pley-neyt ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. having a horizontally flattened form.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of applanate1

< New Latin applānātus flattened; ap- 1, planate
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Example Sentences

Plasmodiocarp long and widely effused, anon winding, here and there reticulate, always applanate; sometimes in form an �thalium, the peridial cortex membranous, firm, thick, and white.

Sporangia sessile, applanate, crowded, polygonal by mutual contact, fuscous or chestnut brown, shining, opening by a definite lid; spore-mass and capillitium yellow, the capillitium well developed, of slender yellow threads of various widths, almost smooth; spores minutely warted, 10–12 �.

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