English Explanatory Dictionary

foveolate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

Word forms

foveolate more foveolate most foveolate

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Derived words

efoveolate
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