setaceous

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Spinous-radiate: beset with spines in a circle, either concatenate, united at their bases, or setaceous, like bristles.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Above brown, spotted with sulphur; beneath sulphureous, with black spots; head and chin black; feathers of the breast lengthened, and ending in long setaceous hairs.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Antennæ setaceous, simple, very slender, full half the length of the body.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

The two endemic Rubi have the prickles reduced to the setaceous condition, and the two palms are unarmed.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Leaves bristle-shaped, as are the branchlets, or the lower linear; capsule ovate, mostly longer than the calyx, which has short setaceous teeth; corolla 4–6´´ long.

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