"foveolate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more foveolate [comparative], most foveolate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la-new|foveolātus|t=pitted}} Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), {{surf|en|foveola|-ate|id2=adjective|nocap=1|pos2=adjective-forming suffix}} by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} foveolate (comparative more foveolate, superlative most foveolate)
  1. (zoology, botany) Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers. Derived forms: efoveolate

Alternative forms

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