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Definition of: pulvinate
(pul′və·nāt) adjective
1. Cushion– or pillow–shaped.
2. Having a pulvinus.
3. Swelling out like a pillow: said of a convex frieze. Also pul′vi·nat′ed. [<L pulvinatus <pulvinus a cushion]
—pul′vi·nar adjective
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