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unicostate

[ yoo-ni-kos-teyt, -kaw-steyt ]

adjective

  1. having only one costa, rib, or ridge.
  2. Botany. (of a leaf ) having only one primary or prominent rib, the midrib.

unicostate

/ ˌːɪˈɒٱɪ /

adjective

  1. biology having only one rib or riblike part

    unicostate leaves

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of unicostate1

First recorded in 1840–50; uni- + costate
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Unicostate, ū-ni-kos′tāt, adj. one-ribbed, having but one principal costa, rib, or nervure.

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