saccate

[ sak-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. having a sac or the form of a sac.

saccate

/ ˈsækeɪt /

adjective

1. botany in the form of a sac; pouched

Other Words From

• multi·saccate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccate¹

1820–30; < New Latin saccātus, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack ¹ + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccate¹

C19: from New Latin saccatus, from saccus: see sack ¹

Example Sentences

Corolla flattened, closed; the 4 petals in two pairs; the outer with spreading tips, and one or both of them spurred or saccate at the base; inner pair narrower, and their callous crested tips united over the stigma.

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Petals nearly equal in length, but the lower one larger and gibbous or saccate at the base, more notched than the others at the apex.

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July–Sept.—Passes by transitions into var. aristòsa, with spikes shorter; sterile flower of a large saccate glume, awned at the 2-cleft tip and from the lateral nerves, the middle awn exserted, and with a rudiment of a palet.—Ill.

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Corolla merely saccate at base; the palate closing the throat.

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Corolla tubular, or 2-lipped, not spurred nor saccate below.

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