hispid
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Surface minutely hispid, smooth and rounded as a whole.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Calyx ovate, inflated, closed, with ten black hispid ribs, which branch near the top.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Carl von Linn?
Ovary and fruit bristly or hispid — 17. 16b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Low, hirsute and hispid, not canescent; heads small.
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
