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barbellate

 
Dictionary: bar·bel·late   (bär'bə-lāt', bär-bĕl'ĭt, -āt') pronunciation
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adj.
Botany. Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems.

[From New Latin barbella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard.]


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.
  Synonyms: barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny

 
 

 

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