Dictionary entry

Pulvinate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Pul″vi‐nate (?), Pul″vi‐na′ted (?), } a. [L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation.] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C.

2. (Zoöl.) Having the form of a cushion.