What does rosulate mean?
Rosulate means (botany, of leaves and bracts) Arranged in small rose-like clusters..
Rosulate
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(botany, of leaves and bracts) Arranged in small rose-like clusters..
Example Sentences
It appears to claim a very close relationship to the preceding species, differing chiefly in the tiny leaves being rather more rosulate than caudiculate, and in not being adpressed, but rather the reverse; its petals, also, are narrower.
In young plants, the leaves are often more or less arranged in four vertical ranks, but become more rosulate with age.
[…]differs from the typical form in having smaller, shorter more rosulate milky-green leaves, shorter sheaths, greenish-yellow buds, straighter flowers and narrower more or less unicoloured yellowish racemes.
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- more rosulate
- most rosulate
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It appears to claim a very close relationship to the preceding species, differing chiefly in the tiny leaves being rather more rosulate than caudiculate, and in not being adpressed, but rather the reverse; its petals, also, are narrower.
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