rivulose

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adjective

Marked by thin, winding or crooked lines.

OriginLatin rivulus →
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Meanings

adjectiverivulose (comparative more rivulose, superlative most rivulose)

comparative more rivulose · superlative most rivulose

  1. Marked by thin, winding or crooked lines.

    It is also generally marked above by flexuose anastomosing black, indented lines, whence it appears as if insculpt with rivulose sutures.

    1894, James M. Crombie, A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain, page 329

Origin

  1. Latinrivulus“rivulet”
  2. Englishrivulose

From Latin rivulus (“rivulet”) + -ose.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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