calcarate

English

Alternative forms

• calcarated

Etymology

From Latin calcarātus (“spurred”).

Adjective

calcarate (not comparable)

1. (botany, zoology) Having a spur; spurred.

   calcarate auricle

   calcarate corolla

   calcarate petal

   calcarate nectary

Derived terms

• bicalcarate
• ecalcarate
• unicalcarate

 

References

• “calcarate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

calcarāte

1. vocative masculine singular of calcarātus