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aristate

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a⋅ris⋅tate

  [uh-ris-teyt]
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–adjective
1. Botany. having aristae; awned.
2. Zoology. tipped with a bristle.
Origin:
1830–40; < LL aristātus awned. See arista, -ate 1
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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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