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

Echinulate, a diminutive of it.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 4-7 cm. exp. umb. plicato-rugulose, pruinosely velvety, sooty umber; g. adnate, snow-white then tinged ochre; s. 6-12 cm. colour of p., apex constricted and plicate; milk white; sp. echinulate, 9-10.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 4-6 cm. whitish, depressed, flesh thick; g. adnate, narrow, pallid; s. 2.5-3 long by 1.25 thick, whitish; milk white then glaucous-green; sp. echinulate, 6-7 �.

From Project Gutenberg

P. white, tomentose; g. paler than type; sp. globose, echinulate, tinged red. depluens, Batsch.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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