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costate

[ kos-tuht, kaw-steyt ]

adjective

  1. Anatomy. having ribs.
  2. (of mosses) having a midrib or costa.


costate

/ ˈ°ìÉ’²õ³Ù±ðɪ³Ù /

adjective

  1. anatomy having ribs
  2. (of leaves) having veins or ridges, esp parallel ones
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of costate1

1810–20; < Latin ³¦´Ç²õ³ÙÄå³Ù³Ü²õ having ribs, ribbed, equivalent to cost ( a ) rib + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of costate1

C19: from Late Latin ³¦´Ç²õ³ÙÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, from Latin costa rib
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Example Sentences

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Perigynium less inflated, more conspicuously nerved or even costate, and with more or less setaceous or awned teeth; scale usually awned; spikes mostly nodding or spreading, comose in appearance, greenish, greenish-yellow, or ochroleucous.—Sp.

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The hymenium is even, coriaceous, or waxy, costate, or papillose.

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Costal margin: the anterior margin of a wing whether it is really costate or not.

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