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Definition of muricate in English: muricateadjective ˈmjʊərɪkət-kit Zoology Botany Studded with short rough points. Example sentencesExamples - For example, a specimen-dependent (not species-dependent) character such as the pustules of the muricate texture ranks first from the ninth harmonic.
- When dried, the emergences are sometimes difficult to see, resembling flattened, near-hyaline scales or giving the calyx wall a muricate or roughened appearance.
- The group was initially characterized by small and globular taxa with a muricate funnel-pore wall texture.
- The ovary of Speranskia (subtribe Speranskiinae) and Caperonia (subtribe Ditaxinae) is muricate.
- Resembles Lophocolea muricata in being muricate, but the leaves of that species are bidentate with a sinus, whereas these have an apical spine.
Synonyms prickly, spiky, thorny, thistly, briary, brambly, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, pronged, scratchy, sharp
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin muricatus 'shaped like a murex'. Definition of muricate in US English: muricate(also muricated) adjective-kit Botany Zoology Studded with short rough points. Example sentencesExamples - The ovary of Speranskia (subtribe Speranskiinae) and Caperonia (subtribe Ditaxinae) is muricate.
- Resembles Lophocolea muricata in being muricate, but the leaves of that species are bidentate with a sinus, whereas these have an apical spine.
- When dried, the emergences are sometimes difficult to see, resembling flattened, near-hyaline scales or giving the calyx wall a muricate or roughened appearance.
- For example, a specimen-dependent (not species-dependent) character such as the pustules of the muricate texture ranks first from the ninth harmonic.
- The group was initially characterized by small and globular taxa with a muricate funnel-pore wall texture.
Synonyms prickly, spiky, thorny, thistly, briary, brambly, bristly, bristled, spiked, barbed, pronged, scratchy, sharp
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin muricatus ‘shaped like a murex’. |