setaceous
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The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.
From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace
The teeth are disposed on the jaws in rather broad villiform bands, the individual teeth being setaceous and erect.
Grain oblong, adnate.—Low annuals, with short setaceous leaves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Nostrils basal, oval, open, covered externally with incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
Nostrils basal, simple, round, situated near the margin, the base with a few short incumbent setaceous feathers.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
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