barbellate

bar·bel·late

B0070900 (bär′bə-lāt′, bär-bĕl′ĭt, -āt′)adj. Botany Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems.

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[From New Latin barbella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard; see bhardh-ā- in Indo-European roots.]

barbellate

(ˈbɑːbɪˌleɪt; bɑːˈbɛlɪt; -eɪt) adj1. (Botany) (of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles2. (Zoology) (of animals) possessing bristles or barbels[C19: from New Latin barbellātus, from barbella short stiff hair, from Latin barbula a little beard, from barba beard]

Thesaurus

Adj.

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barbellate - 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"briary, briery, bristled, setaceous, setose, burred, burry, prickly, barbed, spiny, thorny, bristlyarmed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns