vesiculate

[ adjective vuh-sik-yuh-lit, -leyt; verb vuh-sik-yuh-leyt ]

adjective

1. characterized by or covered with vesicles.
2. of the nature of a vesicle.

verb (used with or without object)

, ve·sic·u·lat·ed, ve·sic·u·lat·ing.

1. to make or become vesicular.

vesiculate

verb

1. to make (an organ or part) vesicular or (of an organ or part) to become vesicular

adjective

1. containing, resembling, or characterized by a vesicle or vesicles

Derived Forms

• veˌsicuˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• ve·sicu·lation noun
• unve·sicu·lated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vesiculate¹

1820–30; < New Latin vēsīculātus, equivalent to Latin vēsīcul ( a ) vesicle + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The seed-pods are long, smooth, somewhat vesiculate, and terminate in a short spur, or beak.

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