echinate

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English

Etymology

Latin echinatus.

Adjective

echinate (comparative more echinate, superlative most echinate)

  1. prickly; bristly
    an echinate pericarp

Noun

echinate (plural echinates)

  1. (botany) A bristly grain or pollen

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

echināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of echinātus