crinite
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crinite (comparative more crinite, superlative most crinite)
- Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.
- Having a hair-like tail or train.
- 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
- Comate, crinite, caudate stars.
- (botany) Bearded or tufted with hairs[1]
Noun edit
crinite (plural crinites)
References edit
- ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Crinite.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
- “crinite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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crīnīte