bullate

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adjective

Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.

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roughunsmooth
OriginLate Latin bullātus →
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Meanings

bullate1

adjectivebullate (comparative more bullate, superlative most bullate)

comparative more bullate · superlative most bullate

  1. medicineResembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
  2. medicineOf bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.
  3. biologyHaving arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.

bullate2

nounbullate (plural bullates)

plural bullates

  1. obsoleterareA kind of metal, bullet-iron.

    They [the Tartar] […] preferre brasse and steele before other mettals specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.

    1591, Giles Fletcher, Of the Russe common wealth

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered

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roughunsmooth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinbullātus
  2. Englishbullate

Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ballute
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APA

bullate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullate

MLA

“bullate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullate.

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