vallate, a. rare—1.
(ˈvælət)
[ad. L. vallāt-us, pa. pple. of vallāre to circumvallate.]
Having a raised outer edge.
| 1878 Ann. Nat. Hist. 5th Ser. II. 37 In its compressed vallate character, proliferous growth, and marginal apertures, it is identical with many of the siliceous sponges. |
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Delete rare—1 and add: b. Special collocation: vallate papilla Anat. [tr. mod.L. papilla vallata (1895, in Arch. f. Anat. u. Entwickelungsgeschichte (Suppl.) 53/2)], a circumvallate papilla.
| 1899 in G. M. Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 673. 1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. v. 142 (caption) Root of tongue and laryngeal inlet... Vallate papilla. 1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) x. 323 These occur singly or in clusters, being particularly associated with the fungiform and vallate papillae. |