Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having one or more longitudinal grooves or channels.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Channeled; furrowed; grooved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany
Channeled lengthwise;grooved .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having thin parallel channels
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin canāliculātus, from canāliculus, diminutive of canālis, channel; see canal.]
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Latin canaliculatus ("channelled").
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Examples
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Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Shell fusiform; base canaliculate; spire elevated; columella smooth and concave.
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