Definition of "arista" []

• A bristlelike part or appendage, such as the awn of grains and grasses or the process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies. (noun)

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• "Your correspondent suggests "arista;" can he support this historically?"
• "Artusi ' s recipe for arista roast loin of pork, for instance, explains that its name derives from a form of the Greek word for " good, " used by Eastern Orthodox bishops to praise the dish when it was served to them during the 16th-century Council of Florence."
• "Ut lignum uri natum, arista secari, sic homines mori."