'Barbellate' definitions:
Definition of 'barbellate'
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,
briery,
bristled,
bristly,
burred,
burry,
prickly,
setose,
setaceous,
spiny,
thorny]
Definition of 'Barbellate'
- 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.
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