monticle, monticule

[Lat. monticulus, dim in. of mons (gen it. montis )=a mountain.] A little mount, a hillock. mon-tic-u-late, *mon-tic'-u-lous, a. [English monticul (e); -ate, -ous.] Having little projections montineæ or hills. mon-tin-e-se, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. montin ( ia ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A tribe of Onagracese. mon-tin-I-a, s. [Named after Lawrence Montin, a Spanish botanist.] Bot.: The typical genus of the tribe Montinese (q. v.). Only one species is known, a dicæcio us Cape shrub.