lunulate

[ loo-nyuh-leyt ]

adjective

1. having lunular markings.
2. being in the shape of a crescent; cresent-shaped.

lunulate

/ ˈluːnjʊˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having markings shaped like crescents

   lunulate patterns on an insect

2. Alsolunular shaped like a crescent

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunulate¹

First recorded in 1750–60; lunul(a) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

A. Capíllus-Véneris, L. Fronds with a continuous main rhachis, ovate-lanceolate, 9–18´ long, often pendent, 2–3-pinnate at the base, the upper third or half simply pinnate; pinnules wedge-obovate or rhomboid, 6–12´´ long, deeply and irregularly incised; veinlets flabellately forking from the base; involucres lunulate or transversely oblong.—Moist rocky places, Va. to Mo., and southward.

From Project Gutenberg

Prostrate, with ventral runners; leaves flat, subcontiguous or imbricate, obliquely round-ovate, minutely 2-toothed with a lunulate sinus, abruptly decurrent; cells large, uniform; underleaves minute, the upper orbicular, bifid, the lower twice 2-lobed, the primary lobes round-quadrate, divaricate, the secondary ovate or subulate.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems 1–2´ long, procumbent, sparsely branching; leaves pale green, ovate-triangular, acutely 2-toothed, the teeth oblique with a lunulate sinus; monœcious; perianth oblong-triangular, lacinate; antheridia 2–3 in a cluster, axillary.—On rocks in shady rills; not common.

From Project Gutenberg

Lunulate: a line, when made up of a series of small lunules.

From Project Gutenberg

Flosculus: a small, tubular lunulate anal organ with a central style, in certain Fulgorids.

From Project Gutenberg