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English Dictionary: barbellate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
barbellate
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barbellate \Bar"bel*late\, a. [See 1st {Barb}.] (Bot.)
      Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. --Gray.
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