lanate — [lā′nāt΄] adj. [L lanatus, woolly < lana, WOOL] Biol. having a woolly or hairy covering or appearance … English World dictionary
lanate — adjective covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton • Syn: ↑woolly • Similar to: ↑hairy, ↑haired, ↑hirsute … Useful english dictionary
lanate — adj. [L. lana, wool] Covered with long, very fine or wooly hairlike filaments … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
lanate — /lay nayt/, adj. woolly; covered with something resembling wool. Also, lanose. [1750 60; < L lanatus woolly, equiv. to lan(a) wool + atus ATE1] * * * … Universalium
lanate — adjective Covered in or composed of wooly hairs … Wiktionary
lanate — adj. woolly; covered with wool, covered with a material which resembles wool … English contemporary dictionary
lanate — a.; (also lanated) Woolly, downy, lanuginous, lanuginose … New dictionary of synonyms
lanate — Woolly with long, intertwined, curly hairs, e.g. the stem apex, emergent leaves, and cones of Encephalartos lanatus. See also hirsute, pilose, pubescent, sericeous, tomentose. Cf. glabrous, nitidus … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
lanate — la·nate … English syllables
lanate — /ˈleɪneɪt/ (say laynayt) adjective woolly; covered with something resembling wool. {Latin lānātus} …