rare. [ad. mod.L. vāgīnāt-us, f. as prec.: cf. next and VAGINATED ppl. a.] Enclosed in a sheath or vagina; invaginate.
1849. Craig, Vaginate, Vaginated, in Botany, sheathed, invested by the tubular base of the leaf, as a stem.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 190. Penis vaginate simple, with a small posterior accessory part. Ibid., 300. Mouth … composed of a rostellum, retractile, vaginate at the base.
1859. Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1320. Vaginatus, cased, sheathed, vaginate.
