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Punctate [ Botany - Morphology  ]
Synonym: Dotted, Spotted, Maculated
Derived terms: Punctation

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  A general term used to describe a spotted surface marked with dots,  tiny spots,  holes, dents, pores, depressions, gland or translucent spots  
     
For example a punctate leaf with scattered dots over the surface.

 

Left: Spotted leaves of Lithops fulviceps var. lactinea

 

See also: Surface pattern
     

 

 

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