Bullate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bullate is an adjective meaning (medicine) Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
Meaning
(medicine) Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
More Meanings
- (medicine) Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.
- (botany) Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.
- (obsolete, rare) A kind of metal, bullet-iron.
Example Sentences
They [the Tartar] […] preferre brasse and steele before other mettals specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.
Word Forms
- bullates
Synonyms for bullate
Depending on context, synonyms include rough, unsmooth.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rough, unsmooth, bullated, blown, bellied, bollen.
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