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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

setosus

saetosus

, from

seta

saeta

, bristle: cf. F.

séteux

Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.

Adj.

[L. setosus, from seta, a bristle.] In botany, bristly; having the surface set with bristles; as a setous seaf or receptacle.

setous ‎(comparative more setous, superlative most setous)