1. having a blistered, puckered, or bubble-like surface appearance
Usage: botanical; technical

Examples

• The bullate leaves of the plant had a distinctive wrinkled texture.
• Botanists identified the species by its bullate leaf surface.
• The bullate appearance of the metal indicated heat damage.
• Her research focused on bullate leaf structures in tropical plants.
• The bullate pattern on the ceramic was created during firing.