muricate

adjective

1. covered with short rough points or studs

   […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.

2. covered with crystals

Where it comes from

First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry muricate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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