apiculate
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of apiculate
From the New Latin word apiculātus, dating back to 1820–30. See apiculus, -ate 1
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P. apiculate, striato-sulcate, glabrous; g. arcuate, distant; s. filiform, pellucid, pruinose, base downy, rooting; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The first glume is small, oblong, obtuse or apiculate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
More or less chaffy, 2–5° high; leaves obovate-oblong, prominently glandular-mucronate, strigose-hirsute especially above; filaments glabrous; capsule beset with short gland-tipped bristles; seeds merely apiculate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
The third glume is apiculate, hardened in fruit.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
P. conico-campan. striate, apiculate, pale rufous brown, apex blackish; g. nearly free; s. cartilaginous, semipellucid, equal. juncea, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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