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pulvinate

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pul⋅vi⋅nate

  [puhl-vuh-neyt]
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–adjective
1. cushion-shaped.
2. having a pulvinus.
3. Also, pulvinar. Architecture. (of a frieze or the like) having a convex surface from top to bottom.
Also, pul⋅vi⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1815–25; < L pulvīnātus cushioned, equiv. to pulvīn(us) cushion + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
pul⋅vi⋅nate⋅ly, adverb
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pul·vi·nate   (pŭl'və-nāt')   
adj.  

  1. Shaped like a cushion.

  2. Botany Having a swelling at the base. Used of a leafstalk.

  3. pulvinated Architecture Having a convex face or profile: a pulvinated frieze.


[Latin pulvīnātus, from pulvīnus, cushion.]
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