Penicillate
Pronunciation : Pen`i*cil"late
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. p?nicill?. See Penicil.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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