barbellate

barbellate
adjective
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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a horse with a short bristly mane

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bristly shrubs

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burred fruits

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setaceous whiskers

• Syn:
↑barbed, ↑briary, ↑briery, ↑bristled, ↑bristly, ↑burred, ↑burry, ↑prickly, ↑setose, ↑setaceous, ↑spiny, ↑thorny
• Similar to: ↑armed
• Derivationally related forms:
↑thorniness (for: ↑thorny), ↑thorn (for: ↑thorny), ↑spininess (for: ↑spiny), ↑seta (for: ↑setaceous), ↑prickle (for: ↑prickly), ↑prickliness (for: ↑prickly), ↑burr (for: ↑burry), ↑bristliness (for: ↑bristly), ↑bristle (for: ↑bristly), ↑briar (for: ↑briary), ↑barbel

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\\ˈbärbəˌlāt, (ˈ)bär|belə̇t\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin barbella short stiff hair (diminutive of Latin barbula, diminutive of barba beard + English -ate — more at beard
biology : having short stiff hooked bristles or hairs

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/bahr"beuh layt', bahr bel"it, -ayt/, adj. Bot., Zool.
having short, stiff hairs.
[1840-50; < NL barbell(a), dim. of L barbula little beard (see BARBULE, -ELLE) + -ATE1]

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barbˈellate adjective (botany)
Having barbed or bearded bristles
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Main Entry: ↑barb

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barbellate, a.
(ˈbɑːbəleɪt)
[f. mod.L. barbell-a, dim. of barbula little beard + -ate2.]
Furnished with barbellæ or short stiff hairs: specific epithet of the pappus in some Composite plants.
in Craig.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barbellate — [bär′bə lāt΄, bär bel′it] adj. [ModL barbellatus < barbella, dim. < L barbula: see BARBEL] Bot. covered with short, hooked bristles or hairs …   English World dictionary

  • barbellate — /bahr beuh layt , bahr bel it, ayt/, adj. Bot., Zool. having short, stiff hairs. [1840 50; < NL barbell(a), dim. of L barbula little beard (see BARBULE, ELLE) + ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • barbellate — adjective Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns …   Wiktionary

  • barbellate — bar·bel·late …   English syllables

  • barbellate — /ˈbabəleɪt/ (say bahbuhlayt), / lət/ (say luht) adjective having short, stiff hairs. {New Latin barbella (diminutive of Latin barbula little beard) + ate1} …  

  • barbed — adjective 1. capable of wounding (Freq. 1) a barbed compliment a biting aphorism pungent satire • Syn: ↑biting, ↑nipping, ↑pungent, ↑mordacious …   Useful english dictionary

  • briary — 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 • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briery …   Useful english dictionary

  • briery — 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 • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary …   Useful english dictionary

  • bristled — 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 • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary …   Useful english dictionary

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