barbellate

American

[bahr-buh-leyt, bahr-bel-it, -eyt] / ˈbɑr bəˌleɪt, bɑrˈbɛl ɪt, -eɪt /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

having short, stiff hairs.

barbellate British

/ bɑːˈbɛlɪt, ˈbɑːbɪˌleɪt, -eɪt /

adjective

(of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles
(of animals) possessing bristles or barbels

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Etymology

Origin of barbellate

1840–50; < New Latin barbell ( a ), diminutive of Latin barbula little beard ( see barbule, -elle) + -ate ¹

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Characters as in Kuhnia; involucral scales more numerous, and the bristles of the pappus merely scabrous or at the most barbellate or subplumose; leaves often all opposite.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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