Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MURICATED
a.[L. muricatus, from murex, the point of a rock. ] 1. Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or prickles.
2. In botany, having the surface covered with sharp points, or armed with prickles.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MURICATE; MURICATED
Mu "ri *cate, Mu "ri *ca `ted, a. Etym: [L. muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone. ]
Defn: Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
New American Oxford Dictionary
muricate
mu ri cate |ˈmyo͝oriˌkāt, -kit ˈmjʊrəkeɪt |(also muricated ) ▶adjective Botany & Zoology studded with short rough points. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin muricatus ‘shaped like a murex. ’
Oxford Dictionary
muricate
muricate |ˈmjʊərɪkət | ▶adjective Botany & Zoology studded with short rough points. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin muricatus ‘shaped like a murex ’.
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