- penicillate
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adjective
Etymology: Latin penicillus brush — more at pencil
Date: 1819
furnished with a tuft of fine filaments <a penicillate stigma>
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penicillate
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Penicillate — Pen i*cil late, a. [Cf. F. p[ e]nicill[ e]. See {Penicil}.] (Biol.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel s hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
penicillate — [pen΄i fôrm΄pen΄i sil′it, pen΄i sil′āt΄] adj. [< L penicillus (see PENCIL) + ATE1] Biol. 1. pencil shaped 2. having a tufted tip of fine hairs: Also penicilliform [pen΄i fôrm΄] penicillately adv. penicillation n … English World dictionary
penicillate — penicillately, adv. penicillation, n. /pen euh sil it, ayt/, adj. having a penicil or penicils. [1810 20; < L penicill(us) (see PENCIL) + ATE1] * * * … Universalium
penicillate — adjective Having tufts of fine hairs … Wiktionary
penicillate — 1. Pertaining to a penicillus. 2. Having a tuftlike structure. * * * pen·i·cil·late .pen ə sil ət, .āt adj furnished with a tuft of fine filaments … Medical dictionary
penicillate — [ pɛnɪsɪlət, sɪlət] adjective Biology having, forming, or resembling a small tuft or tufts of hair. Origin C19: from L. penicillus paintbrush + ate2 … English new terms dictionary
penicillate — pen·i·cil·late … English syllables
penicillate — /pɛnəˈsɪlət/ (say penuh siluht), / eɪt/ (say ayt) adjective having a penicil or penicils. {New Latin pēnicillātus, from Latin pēnicillus pencil} –penicillately, adverb –penicillation /pɛnəsəˈleɪʃən/ (say penuhsuh layshuhn), noun …
penicillate — a. terminating in tuft of hairs. ♦ penicilliform, a … Dictionary of difficult words
penicillate — adj. Biol. 1 having or forming a small tuft or tufts. 2 marked with streaks as of a pencil or brush. Etymology: L penicillum: see PENCIL … Useful english dictionary
