BARBELLATE

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

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

barbellate (comparative more barbellate, superlative most barbellate)

(botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns

Source: Wiktionary


Bar"bel*late, a. Etym: [See 1st Barb.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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