pustulate
verb, adjective
Forms pustulates pustulating pustulated
- verb (ambitransitive) To form, or be formed into, pustules.
- adjective Having pustules or prominences resembling them. “a pustulate leaf, shell, or coral”
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin pustulatus, past participle of pustulare (“to blister”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To form into pustules, or blisters.
- adjective Covered with pustulelike prominences; pustular; pustulous; as, a pustulate leaf; a pustulate shell or coral.
Etymology [L. pustulatus, p. p. of pustulare to blister, fr. pustula. See Pustule.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pustulate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details