Usually means: Swollen, cushion-like plant structure.
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  1. pulvinate: Merriam-Webster
  2. pulvinate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pulvinate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pulvinate: Wordnik
  5. pulvinate: Wiktionary
  6. pulvinate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. pulvinate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Pulvinate, pulvinate: Dictionary.com
  9. Pulvinate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Pulvinate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. pulvinate: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pulvinate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
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  3. Pulvinate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pulvinate)

▸ adjective:  (architecture) Curved convexly or swelled.
▸ adjective:  (zoology) Having the form of a cushion, or used to cushion/provide padding.

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pulvinated, convexed, obvolvent, subpulvinate, circumvallate, curviplanar, curvilinear, arched, curviform, volute, more...

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Similar:
pulvinated, convexed, obvolvent, subpulvinate, circumvallate, curviplanar, curvilinear, arched, curviform, volute, more...

Types:
conical, pyramidal, spherical, cylindrical, ovoid, ellipsoidal, more...



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