a. [ad. L. corniculāt-us horned, f. corniculum little horn: see -ATE2.] Horned; having pointed projections like horns.

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1647.  H. More, Song of Soul, II. ii. III. lxii. It hath been … shown That Venus Moon-like grows corniculate.

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1668.  Wilkins, Real Char., 96. Herbs of a Corniculate or Horned Seed-vessel.

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1721.  Blair, in Phil. Trans., XXXI. 219. Some with Corniculate Petala.

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1866.  Treas. Bot., Corniculate, terminating in a process resembling a horn; as the fruit of Trapa bicornis.

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