Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with many short spines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Formed with sharp points; full of sharp spines or prickles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology covered with short rough points or studs
- adjective mycology covered with crystals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin mūricātus, shaped like a murex, pointed, from mūrex, murex.]
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Latin muricatus, from murex a pointed rock or stone.
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Examples
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Racemes many and whorled in the panicle; glume I of sessile spikelets muricate on the margins.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
knitandpurl commented on the word muricate
"And I recalled the sluggish misgivings I'd felt when the man took the money out of my hand and held up a tethered bundle of muricated sprigs for me to somehow take hold of in return."
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett, p 159
April 22, 2017