crinite
/ˈkrʌɪnʌɪt
/adjective technical
Having hairlike tufts; hairy.The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance of the margins of the fruit....
- Their peduncles are crinite, with shaggy patent hairs.
- From an underground, thick, oblique rhizome, the short, green, succulent stipites arise, in a tufted form, and are crinite with brown, subulate, shining scales.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin crinitus, past participle of crinire 'cover or provide with hair': see -ite1.