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Webster 1913 Edition

Arista

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A-ris′ta

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Noun.

[L.]

(Bot.)

An awn.

Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arista

ARIST'A

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Noun.

[L.] In botany, awn, the long pointed beard which issues from the husk, or scaly flower cup of the grasses, called the glume.