sulcate

[ suhl-keyt ]

adjective

1. having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.

sulcate

/ ˈsʌlkeɪt /

adjective

1. biology marked with longitudinal parallel grooves

   sulcate stems

Derived Forms

• sulˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• sul·cation noun
• multi·sulcate adjective
• multi·sulcat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulcate¹

First recorded in 1750–60, sulcate is from the Latin word sulcātus (past participle of sulcāre to plow). See sulcus, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulcate¹

C18: via Latin sulcātus from sulcāre to plough, from sulcus a furrow

Example Sentences

Flowers very small, on shorter pedicels; achene very dull and roughish, the sides sulcate.—An occasional escape from cultivation.

From Project Gutenberg

P. convex camp. firm, viscid, tawny yellow; s. white, apex sulcate, ring and below glutinous; g. adnate, broad, cinnamon, edge paler.

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Stipe variable in length, sometimes very short or quite obsolete, occasionally a few of them confluent, wrinkled, and sulcate, brown below, paler or whitish above.

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This species is very near M. rotula but it can be easily distinguished by the pale rufescent, distinctly sulcate pileus, and its growing on grass.

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The margin is thin and marked by deep furrows and ridges, so that it is deeply striate, or the terms sulcate or pectinate sulcate are used to express the character of the margin.

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