setaceous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: setaceous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for setaceous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
setaceous adj 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]:
Setaceous \Seta"ceous\, a. [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. s[82]tac[82].] 1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous* tail. 2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.