barbellate

bar·bel·late  (bärb-lt, bär-blt, -t)

adj.

Botany Finely or minutely barbed: barbellate stems.

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[From New Latin barbella, diminutive of Latin barba, beard; see bhardh-- in Indo-European roots.]

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barbellate [ˈbɑːbɪˌleɪt bɑːˈbɛlɪt -eɪt]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals) possessing bristles or barbels

[from New Latin barbellātus, from barbella short stiff hair, from Latin barbula a little beard, from barba beard]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

barbellate - 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" briary, briery, bristled, setaceous, setose, burred, burry, prickly, barbed, spiny, thorny, bristly armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns