cristate

American  

[kris-teyt] / ˈkrɪs teɪt /

Also cristated

adjective

1. having a crest; crested.

2. forming a crest.

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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

Example Sentences

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.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa