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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mu•ri•cate adj. [Bot., Zool.]

Botanycovered with short, sharp points.

Also, mu′ri•cat′ed.

Latin mūricātus like a murex, equivalent. to mūric- (stem of mūrex) murex + -ātus -ate¹
1655–65

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