unguiculate
/ʌŋˈɡwɪkjʊlət
/adjective
1 Zoology Having one or more nails or claws.
2 Botany (Of a petal) having a narrow stalk-like base.Petals in this genus are described as being clawed (unguiculate) - there is a narrow stalk at the base, and thereafter the expanded portion is minutely fringed.
Origin
Early 19th century: from modern Latin unguiculatus, from Latin unguiculus 'fingernail, toenail', diminutive of unguis 'nail'.
- primestaff
- prime suspect
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- primeur
- primeval
- primeval forest
- primevalism
- primevally
- primevalness
- primeval soup
- prime vertical
- prime vertical instrument
- prime vertical transit
- prime vertical transit instrument
- primicerio
- primicery
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- primidone
- primigenal
- primigene
- primigenial
- primigenious