2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
setaceous — [si tā′shəs] adj. [ModL setaceus < seta: see SETA] 1. having bristles 2. like a bristle or bristles; bristlelike setaceously adv … English World dictionary
setaceous — adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers • Syn: ↑barbed, ↑barbellate, ↑briary … Useful english dictionary
Setaceous Hebrew Character — Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
setaceous asparagus — plunksnašakis smidras statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Asparagus setaceus angl. fern asparagus; setaceous asparagus vok. Feder Spargel rus. аспарагус пушисто перистый; спаржа пушистоперистая lenk. szparag pierzasty … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
setaceous — adjective Etymology: Latin saeta, seta Date: 1664 1. set with or consisting of bristles 2. resembling a bristle in form or texture … New Collegiate Dictionary
setaceous — bristly … Dictionary of ichthyology
setaceous — adj. [L. seta, bristle] Bristlelike, slender … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
setaceous — setaceously, adv. /si tay sheuhs/, adj. 1. bristlelike; bristle shaped. 2. having bristles. [1655 65; < NL setaceus. See SETA, ACEOUS] * * * … Universalium
setaceous — adjective of, relating to, or resembling a bristle or bristles; bristly … Wiktionary
setaceous — 1. Having bristles. 2. Resembling a bristle. [L. seta, a bristle] * * * se·ta·ceous (se taґshəs) [L. setaceus, from seta bristle] slender and rigid, like a bristle … Medical dictionary
