Definition of Conchate

1. shaped like a shell [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conchate

concha auriculae
concha bullosa
concha nasalis inferior
concha nasalis media
concha nasalis superior
concha nasalis suprema
concha of ear
conchae
conchae sphenoidales
conchal
conchal cartilage
conchal crest
conchal crest of maxilla
conchal crest of palatine bone
conchas
conchate (current term)
conche
conched
concher
conchers
conches
conchfish
conchie
conchies
conchifer
conchiferous
conchiform
conchifragous
conchiglie
conching

Literary usage of Conchate

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

1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"... somewhat decurrent, conchate, 1-1.5 x lS~2-5 X 0.2- 0.5 cm. ; surface ... conchate, laterally connate, 1-2 x 2-3.5 X 0.2-0.3 cm.; surface puberulent to ..."

2. Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1913)
"Petition by conchate Indians for permission to settle in Texas. (They went to Anahuac to ask permission to settle with their people on the Trinity, ..."

3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"The sporophores are thin shelving bodies formed in the cracks of the bark, sometimes assuming a conchate shape. They sometimes form in parallel lines, ..."

4. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"P. sessile, reniform-conchate, surface rough and corrugate with raised radiating ribs or adnate teeth, warm yellow-brownish; marg. rose flesh-brown, ..."

5. Bulletin (1914)
"The species may be recognized by the soft, white conchate pilei and the thin gelatinous, partly separable hymenial layer. Specimens have been found near ..."

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