SACCATE

Adjective

saccate (comparative more saccate, superlative most saccate)

Shaped like a pouch or sac.

Having a pouch or sac.

Enclosed in a sac.

(botany) Of a pollen grain that has one or more sacci.

Source: Wiktionary


Sac"cate, a. Etym: [NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.]

1. (Biol.)

Definition: Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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