Definition of Punctated

1. a. Pointed; ending in a point or points.

Definition of Punctated

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctated

punching in
punchings
punchins
punchless
punchlike
punchline
punchlines
puncht
punchup
punchwork
punchy
puncing
puncta
punctae
punctate
punctated (current term)
punctation
punctations
punctator
punctators
puncticular
punctiform
punctilio
punctilios
punctiliously
punctiliousness
punction
punctions
punctist

Literary usage of Punctated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1823)
"Each lobe of the ger- inen forms, when mature, a triangular, slightly punctated Coccus or Cap- sule, attached longitudinally to a central linear receptacle, ..."

2. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1823)
"Each lobe of the germen forms, when mature, a triangular, slightly punctated Coccus or Capsule, attached longitudinally to a central linear receptacle, ..."

3. The Chemistry of Vegetable & Animal Physiology by Gerrit Jan Mulder (1849)
"It. Annular, Reticulated, Striated, punctated Vessels. It does not always happen that the spiral layer of matter, which is deposited in some cellular ..."

4. The Class Reptilia by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon (1831)
"The punctated Salamander, (S. Punctata. Lat.) Skin smooth ; clear brown above ; underneath, pale or red ; some black and round spots throughout. ..."

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