Sulcate

• Title

  Sulcate

• Definition

  Furrowed or grooved.

• Notes

  In the Lecythidaceae, the hypanthium is sometimes sulcate, e.g., the hypanthium of L. holcogyne sometimes has very shallow grooves runing down from the junction of the sepals. The seeds of Lecythis sect. pisonis are distinctly sulcate.

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