aristate
Americanadjective
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Botany. having aristae; awned.
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Zoology. tipped with a bristle.
Etymology
Origin of aristate
First recorded in 1830–40, aristate is from the Late Latin word aristātus awned. See arista, -ate 1
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Stamens 4, the anthers mucronate or sometimes aristate at base.
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Aristate, awned, i. e. furnished with an arista, like the beard of Barley, &c.,
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Aristate, Awn-pointed, and Bristle-pointed, are terms used when this mucronate point is extended into a longer bristle-form or slender appendage.
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Scales of the conelet mucronate or aristate.
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The first glume is the shortest, ovate, acuminate, aristate or cuspidate, hyaline, glabrous and 3-nerved.
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