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zonate

[ zoh-neyt ]

adjective

  1. marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
  2. arranged in zones.


zonate

/ ˈzəʊneɪt /

adjective

  1. marked with, divided into, or arranged in zones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • non·zonate adjective
  • non·zonat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of zonate1

First recorded in 1795–1805; zone + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

The surface of the cap is marked with a series of concentric zones of darker shade, as will be seen in Figure 130 especially on the margin; sometimes spotted, becoming paler and less distinctly zonate with age or in drying.

Pileus thin, convex, then expanded or slightly depressed; dingy-white, cracked in areas or concentrically rivulose, sometimes obscurely zonate; odor farinaceous, taste bitter.

Pileus is coriaceous, plane, villous, zonate, grayish; hymenium, smooth, pale-red.

The pileus is rather convex, corky, rough, slightly zonate, reddish-brown, unicolorous, somewhat of a rust-red within.

It is remarkable for its peculiar odor, resembling, when fresh, that of an Ethiopian; for its tough, zonate pileus with a prominent white edge, and the stout irregular stem, resembling the stem of Hydnum velutinum.

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