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’.