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Definition of Areolate
1. Adjective. Relating to or like or divided into areolae. "Areolar tissue"
Definition of Areolate
1. a. Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.
Definition of Areolate
1. Adjective. Having areolas ¹
2. Adjective. (biology mycology) Having a pattern of block-like areas similar to cracked dried mud. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Areolate
1. areola [adj] - See also: areola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Areolate
Literary usage of Areolate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"Spores permanently united in tetrads, the surface of these regularly areolate ;
ç involucre 1.2-2.6 mm. high, oblong-cylindrical, fusiform-clavate, ..."
2. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"areolate and papillose-crenulate in the upper, carinate by the yellowish ...
minutely areolate, opaque, obtusely serrulate from the middle, ..."
3. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"Brit- FL (addenda) 2. On old walls, ete. Sussex ! Mr. Barrer, in herb. Rer.
WA Leight on. Ireland ! D. Moore, Esq. The pale smooth areolate thallus, ..."
4. New Species of Hemiptera Chiefly from California by Edward Payson Van Duzee (1918)
"rugose but scarcely punctured, becoming obscurely areolate posteriorly. ...
Membrane regularly distinctly areolate. Genital segment of female armed with a ..."
5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1875)
"... smooth, much exceeding the external in length, yellowish, placed on a shortly-
grooved membrane. Operculum regularly areolate. or twin, flat outside, ..."
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