corticose

Variant of corticate

corticate definition

cor·ti·cate (-kit, -kāt′)

adjective

  1. having a cortex
  2. covered with bark or a barklike substance

Etymology: L corticatus < cortex

Also corticated cor′·ti·cat′ed (-kāt′id) or corticose cor′·ti·cose′ (-kōs′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments


Do you have more to add? Sign in to share your linguistic knowledge or observation.

Connect with Facebook