septate

[ sep-teyt ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. divided by a septum or septa.

septate

/ ˈsɛpteɪt /

adjective

1. divided by septa

   a septate plant ovary

Other Words From

• multi·septate adjective
• non·septate adjective
• pseudo·multi·septate adjective
• sub·septate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of septate¹

First recorded in 1840–50; sept(um) + -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of septate¹

C19: from New Latin septātus having a septum

Example Sentences

Pod 1–several-seeded, septate within between the seeds.—Herbs or shrubs, mostly canescent with appressed hairs fixed by the middle, with odd-pinnate faintly-nerved leaves, and pink or purplish flowers in naked axillary spikes.

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Septate, -d, sep′tāt, -ed, adj. divided into compartments.

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Septiferous, sep-tif′e-rus, adj. having a septum or septa, septate.

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The sarcocyte alone constitutes the septum, traversing the endoplasm, in septate Gregarines.

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Save exceptionally, the body possesses an epimerite, at any rate during the early stages of growth, and is typically septate.

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