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

The lip concave; saccate; eared at base; with a jointed, pendulous tip.

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

Antheridia 3–20, in the axils of small saccate leaves, which are scarcely imbricate or crowded into terminal heads.

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

In Valeriana, Antirrhinum and Corydalis, the spur is very short, and the corolla or petal is said to be gibbous, or saccate, at the base.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Raceme loose; flowers rather large; lip 3-ridged, not spurred or saccate.

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

Corolla.—Flattened and cordate; of two pairs of petals; the outer larger, saccate at base, and with spreading tips; the inner much narrower, spoon-shaped, their tips cohering and inclosing the anthers and stigma.

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