Noun: crista
| Singular | crista |
| Plural | cristae |
Sample Sentences
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[…] a crista of fine hairs, between the two reddish, rounded knobs or stigmas […] [1805, Charles Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (joint ed.), Annals of Botany (volume 1, page 292)]
Etymology
From Latin crista. Doublet of crest. See: Latin Nouns '
crista'.