muricate

American  

[myoor-i-keyt] / ˈmyʊər ɪˌkeɪt /

Also muricated

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. covered with short, sharp points.

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muricate British  

/ ˈmjʊərɪˌkeɪt /

adjective

1. biology having a surface roughened by numerous short points

   muricate stems

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Etymology

Origin of muricate

1655–65; < Latin mūricātus like a murex, equivalent to mūric- (stem of mūrex ) murex + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Follicles oblong or ovate, often somewhat muricate with soft spinous projections.

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

Fruiting bracts with margins often dilated and sides often muricate.

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

Follicles turgid, mostly muricate with soft warty projections, sometimes ribbed.

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

Ovicells long-ovoid, muricate, spines numerous crowded, mouth prolonged, tubular.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

Filament slender; anther 2-celled, didymous; the cells dehiscent transversely; pollen-grains large, spherical, muricate.

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