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unicostate

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u⋅ni⋅cos⋅tate

  [yoo-ni-kos-teyt, -kaw-steyt]
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–adjective
1. having only one costa, rib, or ridge.
2. Botany. (of a leaf) having only one primary or prominent rib, the midrib.
Origin:
1840–50; uni- + costate
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u·ni·cos·tate   (yōō'nĭ-kŏs'tāt')   
adj.  Having a single main costa, rib, or riblike part: a unicostate leaf.
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