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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SULCATE, SULCATED

a.[L. sulcus, a furrow. ] In botany, furrowed; grooved; scored with deep broad channels longitudinally; as a sulcated stem.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SULCATE; SULCATED

Sul "cate, Sul "ca *ted, a. Etym: [L. sulcatus, p.p. of sulcare to furrow, fr. sulcus a furrow. ]

 

Defn: Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sulcate

sul cate |ˈsəlˌkāt ˈsəlkeɪt | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology marked with parallel grooves. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin sulcatus ‘furrowed, ’ past participle of sulcare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sulcate

sulcate |ˈsʌlkeɪt | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology marked with parallel grooves. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Latin sulcatus ‘furrowed ’, past participle of sulcare.