SETOSE

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


Etymology

Adjective

setose (comparative more setose, superlative most setose)

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Anagrams

• Osetes, Ossete, sees to, toeses

Source: Wiktionary


Se*tose", Se"tous, a. Etym: [L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.]

Definition: Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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