muricate

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. covered with short rough points or studs
    — […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.
  2. covered with crystals

词形变化

muricated alternative

词源

First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).
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