lunulate

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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See lunula.

Adjective

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lunulate (comparative more lunulate, superlative most lunulate)

  1. (botany, zoology) Resembling a small crescent[1]

References

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  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Lunulate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.

Latin

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Adjective

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lūnulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lūnulātus