Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barbellate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbellate \Bar"bel*late\, a. [See 1st {Barb}.] (Bot.)
Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. --Gray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
barbellate
adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane";
"bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" [syn: {barbed}, {briary},
{briery}, {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly},
{spiny}, {thorny}]
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