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Meaning of "pulvinate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PULVINATE

From Latin pulvīnātus cushion-shaped.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PULVINATE

pulvinate  [ˈpʌlvɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULVINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pulvinate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PULVINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pulvinate in the English dictionary

The first definition of pulvinate in the dictionary is curved convexly; having a swelling. Other definition of pulvinate is shaped like a cushion. Pulvinate is also having a pulvinus.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PULVINATE


assassinate
əˈsæsɪˌneɪt
contaminate
kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
coordinate
kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt
discriminate
dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt
disseminate
dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
fascinate
ˈfæsɪˌneɪt
hallucinate
həˈluːsɪˌneɪt
illuminate
ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪt
indoctrinate
ɪnˈdɒktrɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
marinate
ˈmærɪˌneɪt
nominate
ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt
originate
əˈrɪdʒɪˌneɪt
predominate
prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
rejuvenate
rɪˈdʒuːvɪˌneɪt
ruminate
ˈruːmɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt
urinate
ˈjʊərɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULVINATE

pulverizable
pulverization
pulverize
pulverizer
pulverous
pulverulence
pulverulent
pulvil
pulvilio
pulvilised
pulvilized
pulvillar
pulvilli
pulvilliform
pulvillus
pulvinar
pulvinated
pulvini
pulvinule
pulvinus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULVINATE

acuminate
alginate
aluminate
caseinate
combinate
culminate
decontaminate
determinate
donate
exterminate
germinate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
inordinate
insubordinate
obstinate
ordinate
procrastinate
subordinate
succinate
vaccinate

Synonyms and antonyms of pulvinate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pulvinate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PULVINATE

Find out the translation of pulvinate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pulvinate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pulvinate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垫状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulvinado
570 millions of speakers

English

pulvinate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pulvinate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وسادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подушковидное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulvinate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pulvinate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pulvinate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulvinate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pulvinate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pulvinate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pulvinate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulvine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pulvinate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல்வினேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पल्व्हिनेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yastık şeklinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulvinate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pulvinate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підвушковидна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pulvinate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pulvinate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pulvinate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pulvinate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pulvinate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pulvinate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVINATE»

The term «pulvinate» is used very little and occupies the 186.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVINATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pulvinate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pulvinate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pulvinate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULVINATE»

Discover the use of pulvinate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pulvinate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature Abraham Rees. EQUlN- US. Surface and base pulvinate; circumference . _.e-lliptic; fidCS smooth; avenues sub-pulvinate; crown cenlittle prominent and ccntraL. Phelf. \ Found in- the ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
avenues flatfish ; crown central. Inhabits the Adriatic : resembles echinus craniolaris. 8z. Kchinus ovulum : surface pulvinate ; circumference obtusely oval; bale globular; sides (lightly grooved; crown central. Perhaps a variety of echinus  ...
‎1810
3
The genera of Fungi
Hyaloria 14: 252) (b) Pileus spatulate, large, simple Gyrocephalus 6: 795 (2) Pileus effuse, globose, cupulate or pulvinate (a) Spores 1-celled x. Pileus cupulate, radicate Femsjonia 6: 779 y. Pileus pulvinate or effuse (y) Basidia in chains; ...
Frederic Edward Clements, 1909
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Alfalfa and Relatives: Evolution and Classification of Medicago
4-4 and the geographical information for the 42 annual species of Medicago lacking pulvinate cotyledons is summarized in Table 4-2. Fig. 4-4. Species diversity of the annual species ofMedicago without pulvinate (jointed) cotyledons in 5o ...
Ernest Small, 2011
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Flora of North America: Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Dilleniidae
J. Bot. 4: 263. 1917 Draba lemmonii S. Watson var. cyclomorpha (Payson) O. E. Schulz Perennials; (cespitose, not pulvinate); caudex branched (with persistent petiole remains, branches sometimes terminating in sterile rosettes); scapose.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee,, 2010
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English Flora: Class 24, Cryptogamia, Pt. 2, comprising the ...
... the tubes, beautifully powdered with the yellow sporules, exactly as in Poli/ parus hispidus. 18. B. edúlis, Bull, (esculent Boletus') ; pileus pulvinate smooth, tubes half-free subrotund minute, white soon becoming yellow, stem thick reticulated.
James Edward Smith, William Jackson Hooker, Miles Joseph Berkeley, 1836
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Molecular Systematics of Plants
Wisteria has features typical of Millettieae, such as a woody liana habit, pulvinate leaves, and hypogeal germination. However, it also possesses several characters, such as its temperate distribution and base chromosome number of x = 8, that ...
Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, J.J. Doyle, 1992
8
Flora Europaea:
Inflorescence a sparingly branched panicle 1-5-12 cm, mostly with 1 spikelet and 1-2 branches at each node; branches and pedicels pulvinate, more or less divaricate at maturity; pedicels 0-5-2 mm, smooth, terete. Spikelets 8-16(-22) mm,  ...
Thomas Gaskell Tutin, 1980
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Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae
Stems erect or trailing, branched, pubescence confined to alternating lines of short, crispate to more elongate hairs; flowering stems erect, l-6(-8) cm in pulvinate plants, to 20 cm in creeping plants, pubescence spreading to retrorse; ...
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2003
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The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith: Class XXIV. ...
(esculent Boletus) ,- pileus pulvinate smooth, tubes half-free subrotund minute, white soon becoming yellow, stem thick reticulated. Bull. t. 60, 494. Pars. Syn. p. 510. Sow. t. 11]. With. '0. 4. p. 278. Trait. Essb. Sew/z. t. R. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 1. p.
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1836

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULVINATE»

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Anatomically this pulvinate leaf base is responsible for controlling the opening and closure of the entire leaf depending on the temperature and light conditions ... «The Hindu, Mar 14»

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