\Mu"ri*cate\, Muricated \Mu"ri*ca`ted\, a. [L.
muricatus, fr. murex a pointed rock or stone.]
Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles;
covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or
excrescences.
Biology Dictionary
Definition:
Rough on the surface due to minute, hard outgrowths of the epidermis.
Rough on the surface; covered with short, hard tubercles.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary