Home US English pulvinated

Definition of pulvinated in English:

pulvinated

Pronunciation /ˈpʌlvɪneɪtɪd/

adjective

  • 1Rounded, bulging (rare); (Architecture, of a frieze) having a convex face.

  • 2Botany
    Of a leaf or leaflet: = pulvinate .

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in Martin Lister (bap. 1639, d. 1712), physician and naturalist. From classical Latin pulvīnātus cushion-shaped + -ed.