enucleate
(verb) remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover
enucleate
(verb) remove the nucleus from (a cell)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)
(transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
(transitive, medicine) To remove without cutting into it; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).
(archaic) To explain; to lay bare.
enucleate (not comparable)
Enucleated, having no nucleus.
enucleate (plural enucleates)
(biology) A cell which has been enucleated
Source: Wiktionary
E*nu"cle*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating.] Etym: [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.]
1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.
2. (Med.)
Definition: To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
