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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:

Barbellate \Bar"bel*late\ (b[aum]r"b[e^]l*l[asl]t), a. [See 1st
   Barb.] (Bot.)
   Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. --Gray.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

barbellate
    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]