Usually means: Surrounded by a ridge or moat.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. vallate: Merriam-Webster
  2. vallate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. vallate: Wordnik
  4. vallate: Wiktionary
  5. vallate: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. vallate: Dictionary.com
  7. vallate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. vallate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. vallate: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  cup-shaped or circumvallate

Similar:
circumvallate, cupulate, cup-shaped, campanular, vulviform, pulvinate, valviform, univallate, subcucullated, dicoelous, more...

Opposite:
Non-vallate, non-grooved, flat, smooth

Phrases:
vallate papillae, vallate papilla, more...

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Similar:
circumvallate, cupulate, cup-shaped, campanular, vulviform, pulvinate, valviform, univallate, subcucullated, dicoelous, more...

Opposite:
Non-vallate, non-grooved, flat, smooth

Phrases:
vallate papillae, vallate papilla, more...



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