Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Biology Having zones of a different color or texture, as rings or bands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, marked with zones or concentric bands of color.
- In zoology, having zones of color or texture; belted, girdled, or ringed; zoned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Divided by parallel planes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Having or appearing to have multiple
zones , such as of color or texture. - adjective biology Having different colors, textures, or other patterns form a pattern of rings, bands, or stripes.
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Examples
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Sooty stripe (Ramulispora sorghi), zonate leaf spot
Chapter 10 1981
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It is remarkable for its peculiar odor, resembling, when fresh, that of an Ethiopian; for its tough, zonate pileus with a prominent white edge, and the stout irregular stem, resembling the stem of _Hydnum velutinum_.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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= Polyporus leucophæus = Mont., is said to differ from this species in being more strongly zonate, and in the crust being whitish instead of reddish brown.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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