English Explanatory Dictionary

bullate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
  2. Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.
  3. Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.
noun
  1. A kind of metal, bullet-iron.

Word forms

bullate more bullate most bullate bullates

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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