argentate
English
Etymology
Latin argentatus (“silvery”).
Adjective
argentate (comparative more argentate, superlative most argentate)
- (botany, dated, rare) silvery white[1]
Verb
argentate (third-person singular simple present argentates, present participle argentating, simple past and past participle argentated)
- To treat with a silver salt
Derived terms
- argentation
References
- 1858, Asa Gray, How Plants Grow: A Simple Introduction to Structural Botany
- argentate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- gnateater
Italian
Verb
argentate
- inflection of argentare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
argentate f pl
- feminine plural of argentato
Anagrams
- antergate, regatante
Latin
Adjective
argentāte
- vocative masculine singular of argentātus