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septate

[ sep-teyt ]

adjective

, Biology.
  1. divided by a septum or septa.


septate

/ ˈsɛpteɪt /

adjective

  1. divided by septa

    a septate plant ovary



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Other Words From

  • multi·septate adjective
  • non·septate adjective
  • pseudo·multi·septate adjective
  • sub·septate adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of septate1

First recorded in 1840–50; sept(um) + -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of septate1

C19: from New Latin septātus having a septum

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Example Sentences

Eumycetes, or Higher Fungi, a common name for those Fungi which possess a septate mycelium.

The spores (fig. 19 a) are spindle-shaped, and from four-to seven-septate.

Frustules quadrangular, concatenate, composed of numerous septate partitions with transverse cost or rows of puncta.

Sometimes the spores are simple, in other cases septate, and in Sporochisma are at first produced in an investing cell.

In Dactylium, the threads are branched, but the spores are collected in clusters usually, and are moreover septate.

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