saccate

American  

[sak-it, -eyt] / ˈsæk ɪt, -eɪt /

adjective

1. having a sac or the form of a sac.

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saccate British  

/ ˈsækeɪt /

adjective

1. botany in the form of a sac; pouched

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Other Word Forms

• multisaccate adjective

Etymology

Origin of saccate

1820–30; < New Latin saccātus, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack ¹ + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Lip barely saccate below, tapering and its sides involute above; anther ovate, long-pointed, borne on the base of the very short column, which is continued above the stigma into a conspicuous tapering awl-shaped gland-bearing beak.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Spur none; the broadly gibbous somewhat saccate base wholly free from the ovary; flowers large for the genus, purple, unspotted, more expanding.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Anthers two-celled; saccate; opening terminally; furnished with a pair of reflexed horns near the summit.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Corolla tubular, or 2-lipped, not spurred nor saccate below.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Calyx urceolate, 3–5-toothed, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at the apex and enclosing the fruit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa