testiculate, a.
(tɛˈstɪkjʊlət)
[ad. late L. testiculātus: see testicle and -ate2.]
Formed like a testicle (= prec. 2); also, applied to the twin tubers of certain species of Orchis.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xxii. (1765) 220 In Orchis, where the Species are known by the Roots being fibrose, round or testiculate. 1828 in Webster. |
So teˈsticulated a. [-ed1 2] in same sense.
| 1725 Sloane Jamaica II. 95 Berries,..two always sticking close or being join'd together, as if testiculated. 1727 Bailey vol. II, Testiculated Root..consists of two Knobs, resembling a Pair of Testicles. 1751 Watson in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 178 From this testiculated appearance they called these plants males. 1775 in Ash. |