PENICILLATE
Adjective
penicillate (comparative more penicillate, superlative most penicillate)
(botany, zoology) Having tufts of fine hairs, or in the form of a tuft of fine hairs.
Source: Wiktionary
Pen`i*cil"late, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pénicillé. See Penicil.] (Biol.)
Definition: Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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