Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having narrow, deep furrows or grooves, as a stem or tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plow; furrow.
- Furrowed; grooved; having long narrowed depressions, shallow fissures, or open channels; channeled or fluted; cleft, as the hoof of a ruminant; fissured, as the surface of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having deep, narrow
sulci ,grooves orfurrows
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having deep narrow furrows or grooves
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The margin is thin and marked by deep furrows and ridges, so that it is deeply striate, or the terms sulcate or pectinate sulcate are used to express the character of the margin.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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It is deeply striate or grooved (sulcate) on the margin.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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+Cap+ a light-colored yellowish-brown, changing into an ash color; the disc with a yellowish shade; of an oval shape, then bell-shaped, and marked with lines, almost sulcate.
Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin
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I have read, among other things, your monograph on the morphogenetic achievements of the original sulcate cell.
Gänsemännchen. English Jakob Wassermann 1903
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The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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In the original description the stem is said to be "striate sulcate."
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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It is easily distinguished by its peculiar bright, shining, longitudinally striate to sulcate stem.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Another white plant is = A. volvata = Pk., which has elliptical spores, and is striate on the margin instead of sulcate.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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It is strongly zoned and sulcate, marking off each year's growth.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Dytiscus, have females of two forms, the most common having the elytra deeply sulcate, the rarer smooth as in the males.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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