costellate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin costellātus, from costella (“small rib”) +‎ -ātus, from costa (“rib”) +‎ -ella (forms diminutives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

costellate (comparative more costellate, superlative most costellate)

  1. Finely ribbed or costate.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

“costellate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

costellate

  1. inflection of costellare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

costellate f pl

  1. feminine plural of costellato
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