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aristate

[uh-ris-teyt]
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adjective

Botany. having aristae; awned.
Zoology. tipped with a bristle.

RELATED WORDS

echinate, spiny, barbellate, chaetophorous, hispid, setaceous, setal, setiferous, setose

Nearby words

  1. aristarch,
  2. aristarchus,
  3. aristarchus of samos,
  4. aristarchus of samothrace,
  5. aristarchy,
  6. aristide,
  7. aristide, jean-bertrand,
  8. aristides,
  9. aristippus,
  10. aristo

Origin of aristate

First recorded in 1830–40, aristate is from the Late Latin word aristātus awned. See arista, -ate1
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