foveolate

English

Etymology

From Latin foveolātus (“pitted”).

Adjective

foveolate (comparative more foveolate, superlative most foveolate)

1. (zoology, botany) Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.

References

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

Latin

Adjective

foveolāte

1. vocative masculine singular of foveolātus