foveolate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). === Adjective === foveolate (comparative more foveolate, superlative most foveolate) (zoology, botany) Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “foveolate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Adjective === foveolāte vocative masculine singular of foveolātus