Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAN-A-LIC'U-LATE, or CAN-A-LIC'U-LA-TED, a. [L. canaliculatus, from canaliculus, a little pipe, from canalis, canna, a pipe.]

Channeled; furrowed. In botany, having a deep longitudinal groove above, and convex underneath; applied to the stem, leaf, or petiole of plants. – Martyn.