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Ciliate

noun
1.
A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell.  Synonyms: ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.  Synonyms: cilial, ciliary.
2.
Of or relating to the human eyelash.  Synonym: ciliary.
3.
Having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections.  Synonym: ciliated.





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"Ciliate" Quotes from Famous Books



... species, with ciliate glandular leaves, and racemes of highly-coloured, rosy flowers. ...
— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster
... bases of the fronds. Stipes about as long as the blade. Scales of the stipe very few, seldom persistent, rarely over 3-16 of an inch long. Fronds narrowly deltoid, lanceolate, widest near the base, the second pair of pinnae commonly longest. Indusia ciliate, the cilia (hairs) ending in glands. ...
— The Fern Lover's Companion - A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada • George Henry Tilton


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