Etymology

foveolate

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Today it means: Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers. Full definition →

New Latin foveolātus
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromfoveolātus“pitted”
  2. English todayfoveolate

Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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