Possessing or characterized by diverticula; having small pouches or sacs branching off from a main structure.
From Latin 'diverticulum' + '-ate' (having the quality of). This adjective describes the structural characteristic of having diverticula present.
Biologists use 'diverticulate' to describe certain worm and insect digestive systems that branched off pouches as evolutionary adaptations for nutrient absorption—it's a structural solution that appears in wildly different species.
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