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.
© Webster 1913.
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