echinulate

[ ih-kin-yuh-lit, -leyt, ih-kahyn- ]

adjective

1. (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.

Word History and Origins

Origin of echinulate¹

Apparently echin(us) + -ule + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose.

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The spores are more or less globose, and rough or echinulate, at least in many species.

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Echinulate, term applied to minute spinous processes, on the spores for example.

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The spores, as usual when clustered, are conspicuously echinulate on the outer side.

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