What does arista mean?
Arista means (biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes..
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/əˈɹɪstə/ · noun
(biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes..
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.
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.
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Arista means (biology) One of the fibrils found on grains or fishes..
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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.
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