barbellate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    barbed; burry; briary; bristly; briery; setaceous; thorny; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
    • a horse with a short bristly mane
    • bristly shrubs
    • burred fruits
    • setaceous whiskers

WordNet


Bar"bel*late adjective
Etymology
See 1st Barb.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray.

Webster 1913