Usually means: Marked by small, distinct points.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word punctate:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. punctate: Merriam-Webster
  2. punctate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. punctate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. punctate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. punctate: Wordnik
  6. punctate: Wiktionary
  7. punctate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. punctate: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. punctate: Dictionary.com
  10. punctate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. punctate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. punctate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctate: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctate: Encyclopedia

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

Science (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Bryological (No longer online)
  5. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  6. Punctate: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  7. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

(Note: See punctation as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (punctate)

adjective:  (anatomy) Marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures.
adjective:  Pointed; ending in a point or points.
noun:  A puncture.

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