A very distinct species. Habit of Brachystephium scapigerum D. C.: but that ought to have no aristae to the achenium: here the awns are very stout in proportion to the size of the capitulum.
Source: wiktionary
Arista
//əˈɹɪstə//
Synonyms for "arista"
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21 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- aresta noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 芒 noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- 芒刺 noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Czech
1 entries- osina noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Finnish
2 entries- arista noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- vihne noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
French
2 entries- barbe noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- jarres noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
German
3 entries- Fühlerborste noun (a bristle on the third segment of a fly's antenna)
- Granne noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- Ähre noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Italian
2 entries- arista noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- resta noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Latvian
1 entries- akuots noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Lithuanian
1 entries- akuotas noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سونكو noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Portuguese
1 entries- arista noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Russian
1 entries- ость noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Slovak
1 entries- osť noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Spanish
2 entries- arista noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
- raspa noun (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The eyes of the male are separated by a distance equal to one-fourth of the diameter of the head, in the female by one-third. The frontal stripe is black, the cheeks and margins of the orbits silvery-white. The antennæ are black, the arista feathered on the upper side only.
Source: wiktionary
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