bullate

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin bullātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

bullate (comparative more bullate, superlative most bullate)

1. (medicine) Resembling a bulla or blister; inflated; blistered; bulliform.
2. (medicine) Of bacterial cultures, having a growth which is blistered; rising in convex prominences.
3. (botany) Having arched leaf tissue between each lateral vein, so that the veins appear depressed in the leaf surface.

Etymology 2

Noun

bullate (plural bullates)

1. (obsolete, rare) A kind of metal, bullet-iron.
   • 1591, Giles Fletcher, Of the Russe common wealth:

     They [the Tartar] […] preferre brasse and steele before other mettals specially bullate, which they use for swords, knives, and other necessaries.

Anagrams

• ballute

Latin

Verb

bullāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of bullō