Pulvinate Definition

pŭlvə-nāt
adjective
Cushionlike.
Webster's New World
Shaped like a cushion.
American Heritage Medicine
Having a swelling at the base. Used of a leafstalk.
American Heritage Medicine
Having a pulvinus.
Webster's New World
Having a convex face or profile.
A pulvinated frieze.
American Heritage

Origin of Pulvinate

  • Latin pulvinatus, from pulvinus (“a cushion, an elevation").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin pulvīnātus from pulvīnus cushion

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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PPUPUL

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ETEATE

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