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echinulate

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

adjective

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of echinulate1

Apparently echin(us) + -ule + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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