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stubbled

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stub·ble  (stbl)
n.
1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
[Middle English stuble, from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, stupla, variant of stipula, straw.]
stubbled adj.
stubbly adj.
stubbled [ˈstʌbəld]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)
a.  having the stubs of stalks left after a crop has been cut and harvested
2. having a bristly growth or surface
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Adj.1.stubbled - having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin"
bestubbled, stubbly
unshaved, unshaven - not shaved
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