Pectinate Definition

pĕktə-nāt
adjective
Having toothlike projections like those on a comb.
Webster's New World

Having segments which are greatly lengthened to one side.

The beetle's antennae had a pectinate shape.
Wiktionary

(mycology) Striate.

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noun

(chemistry) An ester or salt formed of pectinic acid.

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Other Word Forms of Pectinate

Noun

Singular:
pectinate
Plural:
pectinates

Pectinate Sentence Examples

  • The Rhipidophoridae are beetles with short elytra, the feelers pectinate in the malesandserrate in the females.

  • The Norway spruce seems to have been the "Picea" of Pliny, but is evidently often confused by the Latin writers with their "Abies," the Abies pectinate of modern botanists.

  • In Cynosurus (Dog's tail) -- C the pectinate involucre which conceals the spikelet is a barren or abortive spikelet.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEC

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ETEATE

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