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pulvinate

/puhl-vuh-neyt/US // ˈpʌl vəˌneɪt //UK // (ˈpʌlvɪˌneɪt) //

浆糊状,浆果,浆状物,浆果型

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
    • : having a pulvinus.
    • : Also pulvinar .Architecture. having a convex surface from top to bottom.

Examples

  • Pulvinate: Surface the segment of a circle, but decidedly convex (Fig. 143, d).

  • The pileus is pulvinate-ungulate, much dilated, deeply sulcate; cinnamon, then brown or blackish; very much cracked or rimose.

  • Patouillard claims that Hypoxylon melanaspis has same spores and structure, and is the pulvinate form of Camillea Leprieurii.

  • The pileus is somewhat coriaceous, firm, pulvinate, villous.