Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, finely ribbed or costate.
- In anatomy and zoology, finely ridged, as if ribbed with costella.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Finely ribbed or costated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Finely
ribbed orcostate .
Etymologies
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Latin costa ("rib").
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