covered with spines, bristles, or bristle-like outgrowths
echinate in American English
(ˈɛkɪˌneɪt; ɛˈkaɪnɪt)
adjective
covered with prickles; bristling, as a porcupine
: also ˈechiˌnated
Word origin
L echinatus < echinus, echinus
Examples of 'echinate' in a sentence
echinate
Pollen grains are tricolpate with echinate surface.
Irina Neta GOSTIN 2009, 'Scanning electron microscopy investigations regarding Adonis vernalis L. flower morphology',Analele Universitatii din Oradea: Fascicula Biologiehttp://www.bioresearch.ro/bioresearch/2009-2/080-84%20Gostin.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)