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explanate

[ eks-pluh-neyt, eks-pley-neyt ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.
  1. flattened; spread out.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of explanate1

1840–50; < Latin explānātus, past participle of explānāre to explain; -ate 1

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Example Sentences

It finishes its growth in the fall when it has become explanate and horizontal, depressed above and with a thin margin.

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