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Definition of crinite in English: criniteadjective ˈkrʌɪnʌɪtˈkraɪnaɪt technical Having hairlike tufts; hairy. Example sentencesExamples - From an underground, thick, oblique rhizome, the short, green, succulent stipites arise, in a tufted form, and are crinite with brown, subulate, shining scales.
- The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance of the margins of the fruit.
- The branchlets are crinite.
- Their peduncles are crinite, with shaggy patent hairs.
Synonyms hirsute, shaggy, bushy, hair-covered, long-haired
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin crinitus, past participle of crinire 'cover or provide with hair': see -ite1. Definition of crinite in US English: criniteadjectiveˈkraɪnaɪtˈkrīnīt technical Having hairlike tufts; hairy. Example sentencesExamples - The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance of the margins of the fruit.
- Their peduncles are crinite, with shaggy patent hairs.
- The branchlets are crinite.
- From an underground, thick, oblique rhizome, the short, green, succulent stipites arise, in a tufted form, and are crinite with brown, subulate, shining scales.
Synonyms hirsute, shaggy, bushy, hair-covered, long-haired
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin crinitus, past participle of crinire ‘cover or provide with hair’: see -ite. |