aristate
English
editEtymology
editLatin aristatus, from arista. See arista.
Pronunciation
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editaristate (not comparable)
- (botany) Having a long bristle at its apex.
- (botany) Having a pointed, beard-like process, like those of the glumes of wheat; awned[1]
- (zoology) Having a slender, sharp, or spiny tip.
Translations
edithaving a long bristle at its apex
References
edit- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Aristate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
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editaristāte