echinate

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adjective

prickly; bristly

“an echinate pericarp”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveechinate (comparative more echinate, superlative most echinate)

comparative more echinate · superlative most echinate

  1. prickly; bristly

    an echinate pericarp

nounechinate (plural echinates)

plural echinates

  1. biologyA bristly grain or pollen

Origin

  1. Latinechinātus
  2. Englishechinate

From Latin echinātus.

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APA

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MLA

“echinate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echinate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echinate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echinate.

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