canaliculate

1. 1.

   having thin parallel channels

   “canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants”

   Similarfurrowed

Questions about canaliculate

What does canaliculate mean?

canaliculate means "having thin parallel channels".

How many syllables are in canaliculate?

canaliculate has 5 syllables and divides as ca-na-li-cu-late under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is canaliculate a common word?

canaliculate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.