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aristae

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a⋅ris⋅ta

  [uh-ris-tuh]
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–noun, plural -tae  [-tee] .
1. Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
2. Entomology. a prominent bristle on the antenna of some dipterous insects.
Origin:
1685–95; < L: awn, beard or ear of grain; cf. arête
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a·ris·ta   (ə-rĭs'tə)   
n.   pl. a·ris·tae (-tē) or a·ris·tas
A bristlelike part or appendage, such as the awn of grains and grasses or the process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.

[Latin, beard of grain, spike.]
a·ris'tate (-tāt) adj.
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