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muricate

[ myoor-i-keyt ]

adjective

Botany, Zoology.
  1. covered with short, sharp points.


muricate

/ ˈ³¾ÂáÊŠÉ™°ùɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ù /

adjective

  1. biology having a surface roughened by numerous short points

    muricate stems

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of muricate1

1655–65; < Latin ³¾Å«°ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ like a murex, equivalent to ³¾Å«°ù¾±³¦- (stem of ³¾Å«°ù±ð³æ ) murex + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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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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Example Sentences

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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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