ech·i·nate

(ĕk′ə-nāt′)

adj.

Bearing or covered with spines or bristles; prickly.

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echinate

(ˈɛkɪˌneɪt) or

echinated

adj

(Biology) biology covered with spines, bristles, or bristle-like outgrowths

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e•chi•nate

(ɪˈkaɪ neɪt, -nɪt, ˈɛk əˌneɪt, -nɪt)

also e•chi•nat•ed

(-neɪ tɪd, -ˌneɪ tɪd)

adj.

bristly; prickly.

[1660–70; < Latin echīnātus. See echinus, -ate¹]

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echinate

adjective

Full of sharp needlelike protuberances:

briery, prickly, pricky, spiny, thistly, thorny.

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Pollen types identified from Refahiye propolis Taxa/Family % Taxa/Family % Apiaceae 1.2 Fagaceae Asteraceae Quercus 11.2 Echinate type 9.2 Lamiaceae 2.6 Scabrate type 1.2 Thymus 1 Xanthium 2 Phlomis 0.6 Taraxacum 1.8 Rosaceae 1.8 Carthamus 4.2 Sanguisorba 0.6 Centaurea 1.8 Salicaceae Betulaceae Salix 5 Betula 0.4 Populus 4 Boraginaceae 8.8 Pinaceae Onosma 0.6 Pinus 0.2 Brassicaceae 0.6 Poaceae 0.6 Campanulaceae 1 Unidentified 1.2 Fabaceae 20.2 Astragalus 10.2 Onobrychis 8 Table 2.

Botanical origin and antioxidant activities of propolis from the Irano-Turanian region

Pollen grains of Asteraceae and analogous echinate grains.

Estudio palinologico de la flora urbana de la ciudad de Chihuahua, Mexico

Description: Miospore, trilete, amb sub-circular to broadly triangular, Y-mark well developed, discernible, reaching upto the margins, exine echinate, upto 3m thick.

PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF PTERIDOPHYTIC PLANT COMMUNITIES IN LATE PERMIAN (DZULFIAN) PERIOD, WESTERN SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN

For example, scales of many colubrid species have a similar microornamentation pattern: they are lamellate-imbricate at the basal end and echinate at the apical end (Price and Kelly, 1989).

Surface morphology of dorsal scales of red cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus) and gray ratsnakes (Pantherophis spiloides) from Middle Tennessee

Echinate pollen in particular is often reflected in spiny orbicules (Fig.

Orbicules in flowering plants: a phylogenetic perspective on their form and function

The fruits are ellipsoid, echinate and green with white strips.

Anti-diabetic effect of a novel N-Trisaccharide isolated from Cucumis prophetarum on streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced type 2 diabetic rats

millefolium were found to be compositous, that is, echinate and tectate with spiny exine and 3 pores.

Identification, characterization, and palynology of high-valued medicinal plants

Pollen echinate and echini large in size and spaced widely, easy to count and distinct with blunt apex.

PALYNOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOIL SAMPLE COLLECTED FROM AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (GULABI BAGH) IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN

Pollen grain is typical of Compositae very thick echinate exine with short, acute spines (Figure 1).

Identificacion de plantas medicinales de la Ciudad Universitaria (Madrid): nuevos datos sobre observaciones microscopicas

esculentus pollen is echinate and has a large size (Vaissiere and Vinson, 1994).

Influence of the Foraging Activity of the Entomofauna on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Seed Yield

Cyclantherinae is characterized by pollen grains 4-8 colporate and punctitegilate (Marticorena, 1963; Jeffrey, 1990; Shridhar & Singh, 1990; Stafford & Sutton, 1994; Khunwasi, 1998), and Sicyinae by pollen grains 715 colpate and echinate (Marticorena, 1963; Shridhar & Singh, 1990; Khunwasi 1998).

Pollen morphology of Cyclanthera and Sicyos species (Cucurbitaceae, Sicyoeae)/Morfologia polinica de especies de Cyclanthera y Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae, Sicyoeae)

cantabrica Echinate hairs Present Absent Absent Staminal Glabrous Glabrous Hairy at base filaments Bract and Variable; at Basal Half way of the bracteoles base, middle or pedicel, rarely top of the basal pedicel Stigma Broadly Obconic to Obconic to capitate, capitate capitate disk-like Corolla length 2-3 3-3.5 3.5-5 (mm) Corolla lobes 0.4-0.8 (1.5) 1-1.5 0.8-1 (mm) Anther size 0.7-1.1 0.8-1 0.6-0.9 (mm) Anther 0.3-0.7 Toothed 0.2-0.4 0.5-0.7 appendages (mm) Spinulose Coarsely spinulose

Dos hibridos de Erica L. (Ericaceae) del noroeste de Espana