English Explanatory Dictionary

costellate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Finely ribbed or costate.

Word forms

costellate more costellate most costellate

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin costellātus, from costella (“small rib”) + -ātus, from costa (“rib”) + -ella (forms diminutives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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