lunulate

English

Alternative forms

lunulated

Etymology

See lunula.

Adjective

lunulate (comparative more lunulate, superlative most lunulate)

(botany, zoology) Resembling a small crescent[1]

References

Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Lunulate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

“lunulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

lūnulāte

vocative masculine singular of lūnulātus

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