Setaceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Setaceous \Se*ta"ceous\ (s[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. seta a
     bristle: cf. F. s['e]tac['e].]
     1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a
        stiff, setaceous tail.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a
        setaceous leaf.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  setaceous
       adj : 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}, {briery},
              {bristled}, {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose},
              {spiny}, {thorny}]