As`per*gil"li*form (&?;), a. [Aspergillum + -form.] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray.
{ As`per*i*fo"li*ate (&?;), As`per*i*fo"li*ous (&?;), } a. [L. asper rough + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having rough leaves.
By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ or borageworts.
As*per"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Asperities (&?;). [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle.
2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.