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setose
adjective as in bristly
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Achenes obovoid or oblong, attached obliquely at or near the base; pappus setose or partly chaffy or none.
Legs short, rather slender; fore femora somewhat setose beneath.
The leaves in most species are markedly acuminate and their margins are sharp-serrate or setose-serrate.
Pluri-setose: bearing several seta; as the head in some Carabids.
It is the only species furnished with elongated setose spines.
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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to setose, such as: aristate, barbellate, chaetophorous, echinate, hispid, and setaceous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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