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cristate

American  
[kris-teyt] / ˈkrɪs teɪt /
Also cristated

adjective

  1. having a crest; crested.

  2. forming a crest.


cristate British  
/ ˈkrɪsteɪt /

adjective

  1. having a crest

  2. forming a crest

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Etymology

Origin of cristate

1655–65; < Latin cristātus, equivalent to crist ( a ) crista + -ātus -ate 1

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Archegonium with a slender persistent style, solitary on a usually very short branch; the perianth free from the involucral leaves, oval or oblong, terete or angular, variously carinate, cristate, or ciliate.

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Crested, or Cristate, bearing any elevated appendage like a crest.

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P. thin, tough, regular, excentric, or subdimidiate, with longitudinal cristate veins, bay then pale; g. very distant, edge deeply and irreg. crenate; s. short, greyish-lilac; sp. 5-6 � 4-4.5.

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Cristate: with a prominent carina or crest on the upper surface::= crested.

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Associated words: crematory, crematorium. crest, n. tuft; helmet; top, ridge, crown, summit; armorial bearings, device, cognizance. crested, a. cristate. crestfallen, a. dejected, discouraged, disheartened, downcast. crevice, n. cleft, fissure, rent, cranny, crack, chink. crew, n. assemblage, throng, gang, mob, band, crowd. crib, n. manger, rack; bin, bunker, box. crib, v.

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