Barbellate

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(Bot.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.

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" Synonyms: briary, briery, bristled, setaceous, setose, spiny, burred, burry, prickly, barbed, thorny, bristly

armed, barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny