Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.
- In botany and entomology, having long hairs or having tufts of long, weak, and often bent hairs, on the surface. Also
crinate . - noun A fossil crinoid; an encrinite or stone-lily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train.
- adjective (Bot.) Bearded or tufted with hairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the appearance of a
tuft ofhair . - adjective Having a hair-like
tail ortrain . - adjective botany Bearded or tufted with hairs.
Etymologies
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Latin crinitus.
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Examples
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The _inflorescence_ is a slender, crinite, spike-like raceme, 1 to 8 inches long, with a finely scabrid main _rachis_.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
sionnach commented on the word crinite
A word so obscure, so difficult, so recondite, that Merriam Webster would like to charge me money before divulging its meaning.
November 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word crinite
Dictionary.com won't:
1. adj., hairy.
2. adj., Botany, Entomology. having long hairs, or tufts of long, fine or limp hairs.
Also:
n., a fossil crinoid.
November 14, 2007
seanahan commented on the word crinite
The earliest site from the OED is "1600 FAIRFAX Tasso XIV. xliv, How comate, crinite, caudate starres are fram'd I knew.", which probably means something to someone.
November 15, 2007