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muricate
[ myoor-i-keyt ]
adjective
Botany, Zoology.
- covered with short, sharp points.
muricate
/ ˈ³¾ÂáÊŠÉ™°ùɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ù /
adjective
- biology having a surface roughened by numerous short points
muricate stems
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of muricate1
C17: from Latin ³¾Å«°ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ pointed like a murex
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Spores large, reddish, minutely muricate.
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Follicles turgid, mostly muricate with soft warty projections, sometimes ribbed.
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Silvery-mealy, diffusely spreading; leaves oblong, narrowed at base, nearly sessile; fruiting bracts broadly wedge-shaped, united, 3-nerved, 2–5 toothed at the summit, and usually strongly muricate and reticulate on the sides.—Sandy beaches, along the coast, Mass. to Fla. 3.
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Filament slender; anther 2-celled, didymous; the cells dehiscent transversely; pollen-grains large, spherical, muricate.
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Pod prickly or muricate, short, nearly indehiscent.
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