aristulate

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Etymology[edit]

Diminutive from arista; see -ule, -ate.

Adjective[edit]

aristulate (comparative more aristulate, superlative most aristulate)

  1. (botany) Having a short beard or awn[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Aristulate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.

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