a. [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.

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1760.  J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xxii. (1763), 220. In Orchis, where the Species are known by the Roots being fibrose, round or testiculate.

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1828.  in Webster.

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  So Testiculated a. [-ED1 2] in same sense.

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1725.  Sloane, Jamaica, II. 95. Berries,… two always sticking close or being join’d together, as if testiculated.

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1727.  Bailey, vol. II., Testiculated Root … consists of two Knobs, resembling a Pair of Testicles.

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1751.  Watson, in Phil. Trans., XLVII. 178. From this testiculated appearance they called these plants males.

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1775.  in Ash.

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