crinite

English

Etymology

Latin crīnītus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaɪnaɪt/

Adjective

crinite (comparative more crinite, superlative most crinite)

Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.
Having a hair-like tail or train.
- 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, OCLC 940138160:
  
  Comate, crinite, caudate stars.
(botany) Bearded or tufted with hairs[1]

Noun

crinite (plural crinites)

(zoology) A fossil crinoid.

References

1857, Asa Gray, First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology

crinite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Citrine, citiner, citrine, inciter, neritic, retinic, tricine

Latin

Adjective

crīnīte

vocative masculine singular of crīnītus

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