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saccate

[ sak-it, -eyt ]

adjective

  1. having a sac or the form of a sac.


saccate

/ ˈsækeɪt /

adjective

  1. botany in the form of a sac; pouched
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • multi·saccate adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saccate1

1820–30; < New Latin saccātus, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack 1 + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saccate1

C19: from New Latin saccatus, from saccus: see sack 1
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Example Sentences

Saccate: Shape of an elongated sack, tubular cylindrical (Fig. 151, g).

The asci in which these sporidia are generated mostly partake of a broadly saccate, ovate form.

The asci are usually more or less saccate, and the sporidia approximate to a globose form.

Corolla saccate at the base, the throat closed by the large bearded palate.

Calyx urceolate, 3–5-toothed, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at the apex and enclosing the fruit.

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