different between sulcate vs colpate

sulcate

English

Etymology

From Latin sulc?tus, perfect passive participle of sulc? (I plough, furrow).

Adjective

sulcate (comparative more sulcate, superlative most sulcate)

  1. Having deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.14:
      The infant's ossature, the thin and brindled bones along whose sulcate facets clove old shreds of flesh and cerements of tattered swaddle.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • sulcation
  • sulculate

Anagrams

  • cautels

Latin

Verb

sulc?te

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

sulcate From the web:

  • what does sulcated mean
  • what us sulcate


colpate

English

Etymology

colpus +? -ate

Adjective

colpate (comparative more colpate, superlative most colpate)

  1. (palynology, of pollen) Having one or more colpi, or grooves, on each pollen grain.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • colporate
  • longicolpate
  • porate
  • sulcate
  • zonocolpate

Anagrams

  • polecat, pot lace

colpate From the web:

  • what does collate mean
  • monocolpate
  • tricolpate
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