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pectinated

English

Etymology

From Latin pectinatus +? -ed.

Adjective

pectinated (comparative more pectinated, superlative most pectinated)

  1. (anatomy, zoology, botany) Having narrow ridges or projections aligned close together like the teeth of a comb.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23:
      To sit cross-legged, or with our fingers pectinated or shut together, is accounted bad, and friends will persuade us from it.

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pectinate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pectin?tus (combed), mid 18th c.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?kt?ne?t/

Adjective

pectinate (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a comb.
  2. Having segments which are greatly lengthened to one side.
  3. (mycology) striate

Translations

Noun

pectinate (plural pectinates)

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

Related terms

  • pecten
  • pectinal
  • pectinatella
  • pectination
  • pectinibranchiate
  • pectiniform

References

Anagrams

  • Epictetan

Latin

Verb

pectin?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of pectin?

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