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sulcate

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sul·cate  (slkt)
adj. Biology
Having narrow, deep furrows or grooves, as a stem or tissue.
[Latin sulctus, past participle of sulcre, to furrow, from sulcus, furrow.]
sulcate [ˈsʌlkeɪt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology marked with longitudinal parallel grooves sulcate stems
[via Latin sulcātus from sulcāre to plough, from sulcus a furrow]
sulcation  n
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Adj.1.sulcate - having deep narrow furrows or grooves
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meaning sulcate or grooved; in reference to hollows in posterior lower crown surface.
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sulcate to plicate); orange to reddish-orange to rust-brown, fading with age.
The lignicolous fungi of Ginn Woods, Delaware County, Indiana by Nurtjahja, Kiki / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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