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Definition of Muricate
1. a. Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
Definition of Muricate
1. Adjective. (biology) covered with short rough points or studs ¹
2. Adjective. (mycology) covered with crystals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muricate
1. covered with short, sharp points [adj]
Medical Definition of Muricate
1. Rough on the surface due to minute, short, hard outgrowths of the epidermis (tubercules). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muricate
Literary usage of Muricate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the African Plants by William Philip Hiern, Alfred Barton Rendle, Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (1898)
"... the angles at least on the upper part muricate with obtuse short teeth ;
follicles spindle-shaped, finely striate longitudinally, ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1907)
"Punctures of the pronotum fine, sparse, very faintly muricate, much stronger,
closer and muricate toward the sides, without trace of a median ..."
3. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... veined with blue; fruit about 7 mm. broad; back keeled, finely muricate, ...
with a faint dorsal keel, roughly muricate and with a few short prickles. ..."
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