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hispid
adjective as in bristly
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Leaves mostly entire and plants often rough-hispid; inflorescence commonly scorpioid.
Calyx and peduncle more or less hispid with glanded hairs, somewhat viscose.
Becoming plane, vermillion-red, externally paler, hispid towards the margin with straight black hairs.
Nicotiana urens, or stinging tobacco: leaves cordate, crenate; racemes recurved; stem hispid, stinging.
The leaf-sheaths are loose, hispid with tubercle-based hairs, or glabrous, with mouth contracted.
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hispid, such as: aristate, barbellate, chaetophorous, echinate, setaceous, and setal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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