setaceous

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

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: barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setose spiny thorny

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]