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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.;
- Example: "a horse with a short bristly mane"
- Example: "bristly shrubs"
- Example: "burred fruits"
- Example: "setaceous whiskers"
[syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Setaceous \Se*ta"ceous\ (s[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. seta a
   bristle: cf. F. s['e]tac['e].]
   1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a
      stiff, setaceous tail.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a
      setaceous leaf.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

setaceous
    adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or
           spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short
           bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits";
           "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate,
           briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred,
           burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny,
           thorny]