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SETOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does setose mean? 

SETOSE (adjective)
  The adjective SETOSE has 1 sense:

1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.play

  Familiarity information: SETOSE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SETOSE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Synonyms:

barbed; barbellate; briary; briery; bristled; bristly; burred; burry; prickly; setaceous; setose; spiny; thorny

Context example:

setaceous whiskers

Similar:

armed ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns)


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