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vesiculate

[ adjective vuh-sik-yuh-lit, -leyt; verb vuh-sik-yuh-leyt ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or covered with vesicles.
  2. of the nature of a vesicle.


verb (used with or without object)

vesiculated, vesiculating.
  1. to make or become vesicular.

vesiculate

verb

  1. to make (an organ or part) vesicular or (of an organ or part) to become vesicular
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. containing, resembling, or characterized by a vesicle or vesicles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·u·tDz noun
  • ܲv·u·e adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vesiculate1

1820–30; < New Latin ŧīܱٳܲ, equivalent to Latin ŧīܱ ( a ) vesicle + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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The seed-pods are long, smooth, somewhat vesiculate, and terminate in a short spur, or beak.

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