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penicillate
[pen-uh-sil-it, -eyt]
adjective
having a penicil or penicils.
penicillate
/ -eɪt, ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪt /
adjective
biology having or resembling one or more tufts of fine hairs
a penicillate caterpillar
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Other 51Թ Forms
- penicillately adverb
- penicillation noun
- ˌԾˈپDz noun
- ˌԾˈٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of penicillate1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of penicillate1
C19: from Latin ŧԾus brush, pencil
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Penicillate, Penicilliform, tipped with a tuft of fine hairs, like a painter's pencil; as the stigmas of some Grasses.
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Penicillate: with a long, flexible brush or pencil of hair: often at the end of a thin stalk.
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