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lineolate

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lin⋅e⋅o⋅late

  [lin-ee-uh-leyt]
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–adjective Zoology, Botany.
marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
Also, lin⋅e⋅o⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1810–20; < L līneol(a) (dim. of līnea line 1 ) + -ate 1
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lin·e·o·late   (lĭn'ē-ə-lāt')   
adj.  Marked with fine lines.

[New Latin līneolātus, from Latin līneola, diminutive of līnea, thread, line; see line1.]
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