testiculateadj.
/tɛˈstɪkjʊlət/ Formed like a testicle (= testicular adj. 2); also, applied to the twin tubers of certain species of Orchis.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec.
ovenwisec1720
testiculated1725
testiculate1760
testicular1769
mulberry-like1773
pomiform1819
napiform1833
moriform1857
beehived1885
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxii. 216 In Orchis, where the Species are known by the Roots being fibrose, round or testiculate.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
Derivatives
teˈsticulated adj. [-ed suffix1] in same sense.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > spheroidal > others spec.
ovenwisec1720
testiculated1725
testiculate1760
testicular1769
mulberry-like1773
pomiform1819
napiform1833
moriform1857
beehived1885
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 95 Berries,..two always sticking close or being join'd together, as if testiculated.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Testiculated Root..consists of two Knobs, resembling a Pair of Testicles.
1753 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 178 From this testiculated appearance they called these plants males.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Testiculated (in botany), tuberous, consisting of two knobs resembling the testicles.
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