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testiculate, a.|tɛˈstɪkjʊlət|
[ad. late L. testiculātus: see testicle and -ate2.]
Formed like a testicle (= prec. 2); also, applied to the twin tubers of certain species of Orchis.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxii. (1765) 220 In Orchis, where the Species are known by the Roots being fibrose, round or testiculate. 1828in Webster.
So teˈsticulated a. [-ed1 2] in same sense.
1725Sloane Jamaica II. 95 Berries,..two always sticking close or being join'd together, as if testiculated. 1727Bailey vol. II, Testiculated Root..consists of two Knobs, resembling a Pair of Testicles. 1751Watson in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 178 From this testiculated appearance they called these plants males. 1775in Ash. |