deplanate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1884; borrowed from Late Latin dēplanātus, perfect passive participle of dēplanō (“to make level”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

deplanate (comparative more deplanate, superlative most deplanate)

1. (botany) Flattened; made level or even.
2. (entomology) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   deplanate head

   deplanate thorax

Related terms

• explain
• plain
• plane

References

• “deplanate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• pentalead