Ěch'i-nāte or Ěch'i-nā/ted, a.
a. [Lat. echinatus, from echinus, q. v.] (Nat. Hist.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; having sharp points; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
a. [Lat. echinatus, from echinus, q. v.] (Nat. Hist.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; having sharp points; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.