Echinate

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

  Echinate \Ech"i*nate\, Echinated \Ech"i*na`ted\, a. [L.
     echinatus. See {Echinus}.]
     Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an
     echinated pericarp.
  
     Syn: echinulate.


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