Having a spur-like projection or being shaped like a spur.
From Latin calcar (spur) + -ate (adjective suffix), creating a descriptor for structures that possess spur-like characteristics.
When botanists or anatomists describe something as 'calcarate,' they're using an old metaphor—just like a medieval spur sticks out sharply, these structures jut out noticeably from their base.
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