cristate

American

[kris-teyt] / ˈkrɪs teɪt /

Also cristated

adjective

having a crest; crested.
forming a crest.

cristate British

/ ˈkrɪsteɪt /

adjective

having a crest
forming a crest

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Etymology

Origin of cristate

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

Example Sentences

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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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Cristate and plumose ferns are another instance.

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