CATENULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catenulate mean? 

• CATENULATE (adjective)
  The adjective CATENULATE has 1 sense:

1. having a chainlike form

  Familiarity information: CATENULATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• CATENULATE (verb)
  The verb CATENULATE has 1 sense:

1. arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores

  Familiarity information: CATENULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATENULATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a chainlike form

Synonyms:

catenulate; chainlike

Context example:

catenulate bacterial cell colonies

Similar:

formed (having or given a form or shape)

• CATENULATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

catenate; catenulate

Hypernyms (to "catenulate" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

catena (a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma))

chain (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together)

chain ((chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule))