hispid

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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

Calyx ovate, inflated, closed, with ten black hispid ribs, which branch near the top.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von

Sponge forming small, shallow, slightly dome-shaped patches of a more or less circular or oval outline, minutely hispid on the surface, friable but moderately hard.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Nutlets erect and straight, unarmed, attached to the axis either at inner edge of base or ventrally from the base upward.—Ours are very hispid annuals or biennials, with small white flowers in scorpioid spikes.

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 Gray, Asa

The surface of the pileus is coarsely hairy or hispid, the surface becoming more rough with age.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis