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English
Etymology
Latin aristatus, from arista. See arista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹɪsteɪt/, /əˈɹɪstət/
Adjective
aristate (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
- (zoology) Having a slender, sharp, or spiny tip.
Translations
having a long bristle at its apex
References
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “.] Aristate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, , New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G P Putnam & Co., , →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
aristāte
- vocative masculine singular of aristātus