echinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ech"i*nate, Ech"i*na`ted adjective (Also<
  • Echinate
  • Echinated
)
Etymology
L. echinatus. See Echinus.
Definitions
  1. Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Webster 1913