guttate

English

Etymology

Partly borrowed from Latin guttātus, partly from gutta +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

guttate (comparative more guttate, superlative most guttate)

1. Shaped like or resembling drops.
2. Spotted.

Derived terms

• biguttate
• guttate psoriasis
• uniguttate

Translations

shaped like a drop

• Finnish: pisaranmuotoinen

spotted

• Bulgarian: на капки (na kapki)
• Finnish: laikullinen (fi)

Verb

guttate (third-person singular simple present guttates, present participle guttating, simple past and past participle guttated)

1. (botany, intransitive) To exude drops of xylem sap on the edges of leaves.
   • 1999, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology:

     Recovery from this extreme wilt began only in the early evening, but by dawn all plants were fully turgid and guttating.

Derived terms

• guttation

Latin

Adjective

guttāte

1. vocative masculine singular of guttātus