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单词 clavate
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Definition of clavate in English:

clavate

adjective ˈkleɪveɪtˈkleɪveɪt
Zoology Botany
  • Club-shaped; thicker at the apex than the base.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mature thalli of both taxa have structures with a clavate form located along the upper part of the main axis, and in both taxa these are preceded by multiple verticils of long, branched, hairlike sterile laterals.
    • It is very similar in form in that the labellar trichomes are unicellular and clavate with ‘stalks’ of varying lengths.
    • All were united in having a characteristically clavate glabellar shape.
    • Included in both these genera were short, rectilinear borings with clavate ends and elongate, curvilinear borings with or without swollen terminations.
    • Apart from size, the two specimens agree in all respects with the possible exception of the disposition of the clavate laterals.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin clavatus, from Latin clava 'club'.

 
 

Definition of clavate in US English:

clavate

adjectiveˈkleɪveɪtˈklāvāt
Botany Zoology
  • Club-shaped; thicker at the apex than at the base.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mature thalli of both taxa have structures with a clavate form located along the upper part of the main axis, and in both taxa these are preceded by multiple verticils of long, branched, hairlike sterile laterals.
    • It is very similar in form in that the labellar trichomes are unicellular and clavate with ‘stalks’ of varying lengths.
    • Included in both these genera were short, rectilinear borings with clavate ends and elongate, curvilinear borings with or without swollen terminations.
    • All were united in having a characteristically clavate glabellar shape.
    • Apart from size, the two specimens agree in all respects with the possible exception of the disposition of the clavate laterals.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from modern Latin clavatus, from Latin clava ‘club’.

 
 
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