Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, palmately nerved. See
nervation , and cut underleaf . - In zoology, having many ribs, ridges, or costæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having multiple
ribs .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
multi- + costate
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