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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ex•pla•nate adj. [Bot., Zool.]

Botany, Zoologyflattened;
spread out.

Latin explānātus, past participle of explānāre to explain; see -ate¹
1840–50

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