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Webster 1913 Edition


Barbellate

Bar′bel-late

(bär′bĕl-lā̍t)
,
Adj.
[See 1st
Barb
.]
(Bot.)
Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point.
Gray.

Definition 2024


barbellate

barbellate

English

Adjective

barbellate (comparative more barbellate, superlative most barbellate)

  1. (botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns