rosulate

[ roh-zuh-lit, roz-uh- ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. forming a rosette or rosettes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rosulate¹

1825–35; < Late Latin rosul ( a ) ( Latin ros ( a ) rose ¹ + -ula -ule ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

A span high; leaves only ½´ long, thickish; cauline oblong-spatulate; radical oval or oblong, rosulate, hirsute-ciliate; calyx-lobes a little longer than the pod.—Rocky banks, from the Great Lakes and Minn. to Ky.; passing into Var. longifòlia, Gray.

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Root-leaves thicker, round-obovate with a cuneate or truncate base, or the earliest almost sessile in rosulate tufts.

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Terrestrial, with entire rosulate leaves next the ground.

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They do well in light, well-drained soils, and have a close family resemblance, the inflorescence being a panicle of white, drooping, tulip-shaped flowers, and the foliage rosulate, sword-shaped and spear-pointed.

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Rosulate, in a rosette or cluster of spreading leaves.

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