penicillate

 [pen-uh-sil-it, -eyt]  

pen·i·cil·late

   [pen-uh-sil-it, -eyt]
adjective
having a penicil or penicils.
Origin:
1810–20; < Latin pēnicill(us) (see pencil) + -ate1

Related forms
pen·i·cil·late·ly, adverb
pen·i·cil·la·tion, noun
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penicillate (ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪt, -eɪt)
 
—adj
biology having or resembling one or more tufts of fine hairs: a penicillate caterpillar
 
[C19: from Latin pēnicillus brush, pencil]
 
peni'cillately
 
—adv
 
penicil'lation
 
—n

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