Catenate (Verb)
Meaning
Arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The fungal spores were catenated in a long chain, awaiting dispersal from their parent organism.
- Catenating its reproductive cells in a row, the alga readied them for release into the water.
- During sporulation, the fungus catenated its spores, linking them together in a series of rings.
- The cells in the fruiting body began to catenate, forming long, branching chains as they matured.
- As the sporangia matured, the individual spores catenated, adhering to one another in a long, linear chain.