punctulate

[ puhngk-choo-leyt, -lit ]

adjective

1. studded with minute points or dots.

Other Words From

• punc·tu·la·tion noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of punctulate¹

1840–50; < Latin pūnctul ( um ) (diminutive of pūnctum point; -ule ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Slender and narrow-leaved, with leafy bracts and inconspicuous green sheaths; perigynium rounded on the angles, finely many-striate, often somewhat punctulate as in n. 58, to which the group forms a transition.—Sp.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 0.5-1 cm. convex, ochre, punctulate, edge scurfy; s. scurfy, ring append.; g. pallid, edge white.

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Capillitium scanty, composed of elaters habitually irregular and abnormal, intermingled with the spores; elaters simple or sometimes branched, commonly very short, but varying greatly in length, even in the same sporangium; the surface marked with faint spirals, with a few annular ridges, minutely punctulate or altogether smooth.

From Project Gutenberg

Sporangia obovoid to oblong, sessile, closely crowded and irregular from mutual pressure; the wall thin, yellow, shining, punctulate or minutely granulose.

From Project Gutenberg

Mass of spores and capillitium yellow; elaters simple or sometimes branched, 3–4 mic. in thickness, sometimes with thicker inflated portions; the surface punctulate or minutely warted, occasionally marked with very faint spirals; the extremities usually rounded and obtuse, sometimes acute, and rarely with a minute apiculus.

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