A*ris"tate (#), a. [L. aristatus, fr. arista. See Arista.]

1. Bot.

Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.

Gray.

2. Zool.

Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.

 

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