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AREOLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does areolate mean?
• AREOLATE (adjective)
The adjective AREOLATE has 1 sense:
1. relating to or like or divided into areolae
Familiarity information: AREOLATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or like or divided into areolae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
areolar; areolate
Context example:
areolar tissue
Pertainym:
areola (small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing)
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