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scrobiculate

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scro⋅bic⋅u⋅late

  [skroh-bik-yuh-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
furrowed or pitted.
Origin:
1800–10; < L scrobicul(us) small planting hole (scrobi(s) ditch + -culus -cule 1 ) + -ate 1
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scro·bic·u·late   (skrō-bĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')   
adj.   Biology
Marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits.

[Latin scrobiculus, diminutive of scrobis, trench; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots + -ate1.]
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scrobiculate scro·bic·u·late (skrō-bĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')
adj.
Marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits.

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