The quality or state of having small spines or the pattern of small spine-like projections on a surface.
From 'echinulate' + Latin '-tion' (abstract noun suffix), describing the process or result of having fine spines.
The echinulation pattern on a pollen grain's surface is so specific to each plant species that botanists can identify plants from pollen alone—it's like nature's fingerprinting system!
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