barbellate

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: barbedbriarybrierybristledbristlyburredburrypricklysetosesetaceousspinythorny
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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