guttate, a.
(ˈgʌteɪt)
[ad. L. guttāt-us speckled, spotted, f. gutta drop.]
In the form of drops; furnished with drops, spotted as if by drops.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 285 Guttate,..sprinkled with guttæ. 1876 Ruskin Deucalion I. xi. 196 The silica..is stuck together just as if it had fallen in drops, which is what I mean by calling Hyalite characteristically ‘guttate’. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 415 Guttate, Guttulate, furnished with one or more spherical drops; synonym for nucleate. |