lappaceous

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• Lappaceous — Lap*pa ceous (l[a^]p*p[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [L. lappaceus burlike, fr. lappa a bur.] (Bot.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lappaceous —   a. prickly …   Dictionary of difficult words