penicillate

[ pen-uh-sil-it, -eyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

penicillate

/ ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪt; -eɪt /

biology having or resembling one or more tufts of fine hairs
a penicillate caterpillar

1810–20; < Latin pēnicill ( us ) ( pencil ) + -ate ¹

C19: from Latin pēnicillus brush, pencil

Penicillate, Penicilliform, tipped with a tuft of fine hairs, like a painter's pencil; as the stigmas of some Grasses.

Penicillate: with a long, flexible brush or pencil of hair: often at the end of a thin stalk.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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