barbellate

bar·bel·late

(bär′bə-lāt′, bär-bĕl′ĭt, -āt′)

adj.

Botany Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems.

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

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barbellate

(ˈbɑːbɪˌleɪt; bɑːˈbɛlɪt; -eɪt)

adj

1. (Botany) (of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles

2. (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]

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Adj.

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, bristly

armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

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Herbs (except Chaetanthera glandulosa); pappus bristles simple, scabrid to barbellate Chaetanthera 28b.

The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

Cypselae densely long-villose; pappus of scabrid to barbellate bristles, the innermost flat, longer, and wider than the others and barbellate at the apex.

The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae)

Cypselae rostrate at the apex, pubescent; pappus with barbellate, capillary bristles.