Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laticostate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lati-costate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having broad ribs.

Example Sentences

"However, plants from Europe have a laticostate seed surface, while those from Asia are observed to have two types of seed coats (laticostate and tenuicostate), […]"
"Seed micromorphology:—Seed coat is laticostate. Epidermal cells are elliptical to irregularly pentagonal. Cell walls are thickened mostly at the corners, the boundaries are raised […]"
"Populations in Torovicë and at the Fangul-pass certainly belong to the nominate form, although a part of the specimens in Torovicë are extremely widely-spaced (laticostate), and some […]"

Etymology

From Latin lātus (“broad”) + costate, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

more laticostate (comparative) most laticostate (superlative)

Questions

What does laticostate mean?: Having broad ribs.
Where does laticostate come from?: From Latin lātus (“broad”) + costate, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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