|
|
Definition of Costate
1. Adjective. (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture.
2. Adjective. Having ribs.
Definition of Costate
1. a. Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.
Definition of Costate
1. having a rib or ribs [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costate
Literary usage of Costate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"costate to the middle, costa narrow. Fruit has never been reported. ... The leaves
are costate more than half way. Plants usually large, forming loose mats. ..."
2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"Achenes narrow, 5-10-costate, with elongating soft and white pappus. 1.
Petasites sagittate Gray ... Achenes linear, more or less 5-10-costate or angled. ..."
3. A Monograph of the Ammonites of the "Inferior Oolite Series,": (Stages by Sydney Savory Buckman (1907)
"338, 385, 395 Costata stock, 336 costate and striate stages, xxxviii costate,
... 448 ; species, xxxvi costate stage, species, xx.xvi ; examples of, ..."
Other Resources:
