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bullate

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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adj

Meaning 2

Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.

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Topics: medicine, sciences

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adj

Meaning 3

Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.

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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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noun

Meaning 4

A kind of metal, bullet-iron.

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Usage: obsolete, rare

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adjective satellite

Meaning 5

of leaves; appearing puckered as if blistered

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).