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appendiculate

American  
[ap-uhn-dik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˌæp ənˈdɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.
  1. having appendages.

  2. forming an appendage or appendicle.


Etymology

Origin of appendiculate

1825–35; < Latin appendicul ( a ) appendicle + -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Gills free; veil appendiculate; volva and ring absent.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

In a closely-allied species from North America, Melanconis bicornis, Cooke, the appendiculate sporidia are similar, and the conidia would also appear to partake of the character of Stilbospora.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

The pileus is about one inch in diameter, inclined to be globose, then hemispherical, slightly umbonate, center darker, with united raised ribs, sometimes sprinkled with opaque atoms; veil torn, appendiculate.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. convex, umb. viscid, yellowish-tan, appendiculate; g. adnato-decur. flesh-colour; s. slender, wavy, whitish, with a fibrillose cinnamon veil, base bulbous, volva torn at free edge. acetabulosa, Sacc.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-5 cm. thin, conico-convex, obtusely gibbous, velvety-villose, dingy white or yellowish, edge appendiculate; g. lanceolate, whitish then fuscous; s. 4-7 cm. with a separate pith which disappears, then hollow, almost glabrous; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George