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CAPSULATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capsulated mean?
• CAPSULATED (adjective)
The adjective CAPSULATED has 1 sense:
1. used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
Familiarity information: CAPSULATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule
Synonyms:
capsulate; capsulated
Similar:
enclosed (closed in or surrounded or included within)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Context examples
This species is nonmotile, oxidase negative, capsulated, non endosporeforming and produces isomaltulose from sucrose but does not produce indole.
(Klebsiella singaporensis, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of strictly aerobic, Gram-negative, capsulated rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria.
(Bordetella avium, NCI Thesaurus)
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