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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “point, barb”) + -iate, alternative form of + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Adjective
glochidiate (comparative more glochidiate, superlative most glochidiate)
- (botany) Having barbs[1]
- glochidiate bristles
References
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “.] Glochidiate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, , New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G P Putnam & Co., , →OCLC.