arista
noun
a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
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arista
1 American
[uh-ris-tuh]
/ əˈrɪs tə /
noun
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aristae,
plural
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aristas
plural
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Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
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Entomology. a prominent bristle on the antenna of some dipterous insects.
Arista
2
American
[ah-rees-tah]
/ ɑˈris tɑ /
noun
arista
British
/ əˈrɪstə /
noun
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a stiff bristle such as the awn of some grasses and cereals
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a bristle-like appendage on the antennae of some insects
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Etymology
Origin of arista
1685–95; < Latin: awn, beard or ear of grain; cf. arête
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The menu hews to Tuscany with dishes like ribollita, pappardelle with wild boar and Chianti sauce, bistecca alla fiorentina, arista pork loin, and cacciucco fish stew.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
If you find yourself longing for pasta fagioli, pappardelle in wild boar sauce, or arista -- Tuscany’s roasted pork loin scented with rosemary and garlic -- maybe it’s time to lay in some Chianti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
Antennæ black, third joint linear, rather long, arista plumose; legs blackish-piceous; wings blackish; veins black, discal transverse vein straight, parted by a little more than its length from the border.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Setarious aristate: the dipterous antenna when the arista is simple.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Antennæ shorter than the breadth of the head; joints short, transverse; arista slender, filiform, longer than the preceding part, which is lanceolate.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The total addressable market for networking should continue growing meaningfully, Daryanani said, and Arista Networks is expanding into scale-up networking at a time when its becoming more impactful to that market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Four years later, he was named chief executive of BMG North America, which included control of Arista.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
He left Arista in 2000 to form J Records and released Alicia Keys’ debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” which went multi-platinum, before BMG bought a majority stake in 2022.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Within months, Davis had set up his own label, Arista.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
They declined, however, to accept pay, and were held as the guests of Generals Arista and Ampudia.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
Recombination of the gray/black body color and long/short aristae alleles will not occur.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the red/brown eye and long/ short aristae alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of the alleles for wing length and body color.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the body color and red/ cinnabar eye alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of the alleles for wing length and aristae length.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Recombination of the body color and aristae length alleles will occur more frequently than recombination of red/ brown eye alleles and the aristae length alleles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The antennae are displaced downward and appressed and their bristle-like aristae are crumpled.
From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan
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