Aristate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aristate \A*ris"tate\, a. [L. aristatus, fr. arista. See
     {Arista}.]
     1. (Bot.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes
        of wheat; awned. --Gray.
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     2. (Zool.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
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