tuberculate

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tŏŏ bûr′kyə lit, -lāt′, tyŏŏ-)


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tu•ber•cu•late  (tŏŏ bûr′kyə lit, -lāt′, tyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Botany, PathologyAlso, tu•ber′cu•lat′ed, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  2. Botany, Pathologytubercular.
  • Neo-Latin tūberculātus, equivalent. to tūbercul(um) tubercle + -ātus -ate1
  • 1775–85
tu•ber′cu•la′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tuberculate / tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt/, tuberculated / tjʊˈbɜːkjʊˌleɪtɪd/
  1. covered with tubercles
tuˌbercuˈlation
'tuberculate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
multituberculate - sweetsop - tuberculose

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