manicateadj.
/ˈmanɪkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈmænɪkeɪt/ Botany. rare.
Of a surface: covered with hairs so thickly matted together that they can be removed in a single mass. Of hairs: forming a covering of this kind.
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1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 39 Hairs also give the following names to the surface of any thing:—Manicate, when interwoven into a mass that can be easily separated from the surface.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 152/1 Manicate, applied to pubescence so dense and interwoven that it may be stripped off, ‘like a sleeve’.
1959 H. I. Featherly Taxon. Terminol. Higher Plants 36/2 Manicate, covered with a pubescence so thick and interwoven that it can be stripped off like a sleeve.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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