Word Study
penicillate
CIDE DICTIONARY
penicillate, a. [Cf. F. pénicillé. See Penicil.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
penicillate, adj. Biol.
1 having or forming a small tuft or tufts.
2 marked with streaks as of a pencil or brush.
1 having or forming a small tuft or tufts.
2 marked with streaks as of a pencil or brush.
Etymology
L penicillum: see PENCIL
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